| Literature DB >> 3921450 |
L J Deftos, D LeRoith, J Shiloach, J Roth.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3921450 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013457
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Horm Metab Res ISSN: 0018-5043 Impact factor: 2.936