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Research Article

Structure and Expression of Two Temperature-Specific Surface Proteins in the Ciliated Protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila

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Pages 3240-3245 | Received 24 Feb 1986, Accepted 30 May 1986, Published online: 31 Mar 2023

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