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Ochiai, T., Kato, M., Ogawa, T., and Asai, H.; Spasmin-like proteins in various ciliates revealed by antibody to purified spasmins of Carchesium polypinum. Experientia 44:768-771, 1988
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It was found that some ciliates, Stentor, Spirostomum and Blepharisma, which can contract rapidly like the stalks of Vorticellidae, have Ca2+ -binding proteins that are very similar to spasmins, in the immunological sense. The presence of spasmins in other Protozoa and in some Metazoa was also investigated.