The Molecular Biology of Ciliated Protozoa

Contents

Preface .............................................................. ix

1 Introduction

David L. Nanney

I. Ciliates as Experimental Organisms ................................. 1

II. Nuclear Dimorphism ....................................................... 2

III. The Compound Ciliate Cortex ......................................... 4

IV. Behavioral Analysis and the Excitable Membrane ............ 6

2 Genetic Organization of Tetrahymena

Peter J. Bruns

3 Ciliate Conjugation

Eduardo Orias

4 The Nuclear DNAs of Holotrichous Ciliates

Kathleen M. Karrer

5 The Special Case of the Hypotrichs

Lawrence A. Klobutcher and David M. Prescontt

6 Telomeres

Elizabeth H. Blackburn

7 Amplification of Ribosomal RNA Genes

Meng-Chao Yao

8 Ribosomal RNA Gene Expression in Tetrahymena: Transcription and RNA Splicing

Thomas R. Cech

9 Ciliate Chromatin and Histones

Martin A. Gorovsky

10 Mating Pheromones

Pierangelo Luporini and Cristina Miceli

11 Surface Antigens of Paramecium

John R. Preer, Jr.

Index ....................................................... 341