Horm Metab Res 1985; 17(2): 82-85
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013457
ORIGINALS
Basic
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Salmon Calcitonin-Like Immunoactivity in Extracts of Tetrahymena Pyriformis

L. J. Deftos1 , D. LeRoith, J. Shiloach, J. Roth
  • 1Endocrine Section, University of California and San Diego V.A. Medical Center, La Jolla, California, U.S.A
  • Diabetes Branch, NIADDK, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
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Publication History

1983

1983

Publication Date:
14 March 2008 (online)

Summary

Acid extracts of Tetrahymena pyriformis, a ciliated protozoan grown in defined medium revealed the presence of materials with salmon-type calcitonin immunoactivity. These findings add support to earlier reports of the presence of materials closely resembling vertebrate peptide hormones in unicellular microbes.

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