Tectin (secretion)

Tectin is an organic substance secreted by certain ciliates.[1][2][3][4] Tectin may form an adhesive stalk, disc or other sticky secretion. Tectin may also form a gelatinous envelope or membrane enclosing some ciliates as a protective capsule or lorica. Tectin is also called pseudochitin. Granules or rods (called protrichocysts) in the pellicle of some ciliates are also thought to be involved in tectin secretion.

See also
  • Chitin
  • Conchiolin
  • Sporopollenin

References
  1. Hyman, Libbie Henrietta (1940). The invertebrates: Protozoa through Ctenophora. McGraw-Hill.
  2. Hedley RH (1963). "Cement and iron in the arenaceious foraminifera". Micropaleontology. The Micropaleontology Project, Inc. 9 (4): 433–441. doi:10.2307/1484505. JSTOR 1484505.
  3. Bermudes D, Hinkle G, Margulis L (1994). "Do prokaryotes contain microtubules?". Microbiol. Rev. 58 (3): 387–400. doi:10.1128/MR.58.3.387-400.1994. PMC 372974. PMID 7968920.
  4. Dovgal IV (2002). "Evolution, phylogeny and classification of Suctorea (Ciliophora)" (PDF). Protistology. 2 (4): 194–270. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-12-31.


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