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An antiserum made against sodium dodecyl sulfate-denatured actin from invertebrates and coupled to horseradish peroxidase specifically stains the wall-free prokaryoteSpiroplasma citri. The results of experiments with spiroplasmas reported here, coupled with the report of the extraction from them of an actin-like protein, suggest that these highly motile organisms possess an actin-like mediated mechanism of motility.
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Williamson, D.L., Blaustein, D.I., Levine, R.J.C. et al. Anti-actin-peroxidase staining of the helical wall-free prokaryoteSpiroplasma citri . Current Microbiology 2, 143–145 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02605871
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