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F. Paul Doerder and Richard L. Hallberg; Identification of a cDNA Coding for the SerH3 Surface Protein of Tetrahymena thermophila. J.Protozool. 36(3):304-307, 1989

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We have identified a Tetrahymena thermophila cDNA-containing plasmid (pC6) which hybridizes to a 1.47-kB RNA whose changes in cellular concentration parallel the changes in synthetic rate of a major cell surface protein. From a molecular and genetic analysis of strains expressing the gene (SerH3) encoding this protein, and of strains expressing immunologically distinct alleles of this gene, we conclude that pC6 encodes a portion of the SerH3 allele.