Evidence for the presence of dna in the pellicle of Paramecium
Open Access
- 1 June 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Cell Science
- Vol. 2 (2), 225-234
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.2.2.225
Abstract
Two lines of evidence for the existence of DNA in the pellicle of Paramecium are presented : fluorescence staining and autoradiography. The latter shows deoxyribonuclease-sensitive incorporation of tritiated thymidine in or near the kineties. Fluorescence microscopy permits the localization of DNA at the site of kinetosomes. The possibility that the DNA is not native to the pellicle but introduced during preparative procedures is tested experimentally and shown to be unlikely.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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