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Chemotaxis induced by SXWS tetrapeptides in Tetrahymena—overlapping chemotactic effects of SXWS sequences and their identical amino acids

  1. Orsolya Láng1,
  2. Eszter Illyés2,
  3. Dóra K Menyhárd3,
  4. Júlia Láng1,
  5. Ferenc Sebestyén2,
  6. Ferenc Hudecz2,4,
  7. László Kőhidai1,*

Article first published online: 12 DEC 2011

DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1166

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Journal of Molecular Recognition

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volume 25, Issue 1, pages 24–31, January 2012

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Láng, O., Illyés, E., Menyhárd, D. K., Láng, J., Sebestyén, F., Hudecz, F. and Kőhidai, L. (2012), Chemotaxis induced by SXWS tetrapeptides in Tetrahymena—overlapping chemotactic effects of SXWS sequences and their identical amino acids. J. Mol. Recognit., 25: 24–31. doi: 10.1002/jmr.1166

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  1. 1

    Department of Genetics, Cell and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

  2. 2

    Department of Organic Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

  3. 3

    Department of General and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

  4. 4

    Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

*László Kőhidai, Department of Genetics, Cell and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4. Budapest, 1089 Hungary.
E-mail: kohlasz2@dgci.sote.hu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 DEC 2011
  2. Article first published online: 12 DEC 2011
  3. Manuscript Revised: 14 OCT 2011
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 14 OCT 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 15 SEP 2011

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  • Hungarian Scientific Research Fund. Grant Number: OTKA T- 032533, T-042933

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