Some investigations on the ciliated protozoan have provided the insights into the mechanism of ribozymes, self-splicing RNA, telomere structure and function, DNA sequence reorganization and so on.

• 通过对它的研究，人们发现并且掌握了核酶的分子机制、RNA的自我拼接、端粒的结构和功能、DNA序列重组等机理。