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Intracellular factors controlling meiosis, mitosis and cell division

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

G. Cleffmann  and
A. Miyake
G. Cleffmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Physiology, University of Giessen, D-6300 Giessen, F.R.G.
A. Miyake
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, University of Camerino, 1-62032 Camerino, Italy
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Abstract

This report summarizes the contributions to a symposium held at the VII International Congress of Protozoology in Nairobi. Within the cell cycle of different ciliates, stages and modes controlling cell cycle length are described. In addition, cytoplasmic factors as well as genes related to meiosis are demonstrated. These factors are effective in some unrelated organisms. Several lines of evidence indicate that there is a close connection between the control of meiotic and of mitotic events.

Keywords

Protozoacell cycleParameciumTetrahymenacytoplasmic factorsmeiosis-associated genes
Type
Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 7 , Special Issue 3: Progress in Entomology: Proceedings of the VII International Congress of Protozoology , June 1986 , pp. 407 - 415
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Copyright © ICIPE 1986

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