A CYTOPHOTOMETRIC STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE EXERTED BY EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR ON RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
IN THE CILIATE TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS
I. V. Shemarova,1 G. V. Selivanova,2 T. D. Vlasova 2
1 I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry RAS, and
2 Institute of Cytology RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia;
1 e-mail: irina@lis.mail.iephb.ru
The influence of EGF (10-8 M) on RNA and protein synthesis in the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis was studied. It was found that EGF
stimulated RNA and proteins synthesis in T. pyriformis within 3 h after addition of EGF.
Key words: EGF, cell cycle, RNA synthesis, protein synthesis, proliferation,
Tetrahymena pyriformis
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