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Researchers trace a ciliate's millisecond contraction to a calcium-loosened protein fishnet
North Carolina State University researchers say calcium makes the protein Sfi1 go slack, tightening a fishnet of myonemes around a single-celled ciliate. They are still working out what starts the calcium signal and how the cell resets to fire again.
Publishers:sciencedaily.com
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