Hymenolepis diminuta: protein synthesis in cysticercoids
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 88 (2) , 351-357
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000054597
Abstract
Incorporation of four amino acids into protein by stage V cysticercoids of Hymenolepis diminuta occurred in the order leucine > phenylalanine > alanine > proline. Leucine incorporation was apparently linear over a 5 h period in contrast to uptake which was non-linear over the same time. Pre-incubation in sugars did not affect protein synthesis but incorporation was inhibited by cycloheximide. Uptake and incorporation of leucine by stage III cysticercoids exceeded that of stage V metacestodes and the 10-day-old adult worm.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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