这篇评论为撰写《关于草履虫作为现代模型生物的MDPI微生物特刊》的文章提供了背景和观点。这六篇文章涵盖了各种主题,每个人都利用草履虫生物学的一个重要方面:受发育调节的外周表面蛋白,内共生体藻类和细菌,钙调蛋白对离子通道的调节,细胞交配反应和衰老的调节,以及驻留在大基因组中的内含子。每篇文章都突出了草履虫的重要方面及其多功能性。
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review provides background and perspective for the articles contributing to the Special Issue of MDPI Micro-organisms on Paramecium as a Modern Model Organism. The six articles cover a variety of topics, each taking advantage of an important aspect of Paramecium biology: peripheral surface proteins that are developmentally regulated, endosymbiont algae and bacteria, ion channel regulation by calmodulin, regulation of cell mating reactivity and senescence, and the introns that dwell in the large genome. Each article highlights a significant aspect of Paramecium and its versatility.