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Adrian P. Ward; Genetic Encodement of Acanthamoeba Lactic Dehydrogenase. J.Protozool. 32(2):357-359, 1985

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Electrophoretic separation of the water-soluble proteins from seven Acanthamoeba strains, followed by lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) visualization by the zymogram method, has indicated a single LDH activity in each extract. To account for this observation, three alternatives are considered: inadequate eletrophoretic resolution, two gene-encodement of LDH with constraints relating to subunit assembly or oligomer stability, and one gene-LDH encodement.