Loss of Cln3 function in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum causes pleiotropic effects that are rescued by human CLN3. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) are a group of inherited, severe neurodegenerative disorders also known as Batten disease. Juvenile NCL (JNCL) is caused by recessive loss-of-function mutations in CLN3, which encodes a transmembrane protein that ...
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Contractile vacuole complex--its expanding protein inventory. [PDF]
International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, 2013 The contractile vacuole complex (CVC) of some protists serves for the osmotic equilibration of water and ions, notably Ca(2+), by chemiosmotic exploitation of a H(+) gradient generated by the organelle-resident V-type H(+)-ATPase. Ca(2+) is mostly extruded, but there is also some reflux into the cytosol via Ca(2+)-release channels.
H. Plattner
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TcPho91 is a contractile vacuole phosphate sodium symporter that regulates phosphate and polyphosphate metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi. [PDF]
Mol Microbiol, 2015 Jimenez V, Docampo R.
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The Dictyostelium type V myosin MyoJ is responsible for the cortical association and motility of contractile vacuole membranes. [PDF]
J Cell Biol, 2009 The contractile vacuole (CV) complex in Dictyostelium is a tubulovesicular osmoregulatory organelle that exhibits extensive motility along the actin-rich cortex, providing a useful model for investigating myosin-dependent membrane transport.
Jung G, Titus MA, Hammer JA.
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THE CONTRACTILE VACUOLE IN PARAMECIUM TRICHIUM
The Biological Bulletin, 1928 1. There is an anterior and a posterior contractile vacuolar apparatus in Paramecium trichium.2. Each is permanent and consists of feeding vesicles, contractile vacuole, excretory tube and pore.3.
R. L. King
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New insights into roles of acidocalcisomes and contractile vacuole complex in osmoregulation in protists. [PDF]
Int Rev Cell Mol Biol, 2013 Docampo R +4 more
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Expanding the Family Tropidoatractidae: Characterization of Two New Tropidoatractus Species (Armophorea: Metopida) From South Korea Based on Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny. [PDF]
J Eukaryot MicrobiolABSTRACT While oxygen is essential for metabolic processes, many ciliate species thrive in low‐oxygen or even oxygen‐free environments. Anaerobic ciliates have adapted to a broad range of such habitats, yet have long remained understudied compared to their aerobic counterparts.
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Ciliates serve as excellent indicators for water quality monitoring. However, their utilization is hindered by various taxonomic confusions. The ciliate genus Lacrymaria Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824 is commonly found in different aquatic habitats, but its
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Journal of Cell Science, 2022 Contractile vacuoles (CVs) share common characteristics, such as a requirement for RAB11 and high levels of V-ATPase. These commonalities suggest a conserved evolutionary origin for the CVs with implications for understanding of the last common ancestor ...
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Peritrich ciliates are a species-rich group of sessile unicellular eukaryotes, which can be found in various aquatic habitats from all over the world. It is well accepted that there are still many ciliates to be uncovered.
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