Microtubule polarities indicate that nucleation and capture of microtubules occurs at cell surfaces in Drosophila.
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Microtubule polarities indicate that nucleation and capture of microtubules occurs at cell surfaces in Drosophila
Hook decoration with pig brain tubulin was used to assess the polarity of microtubules which mainly have 15 protofilaments in the transcellular bundles of late pupal Drosophila wing epidermal cells. The microtubules make end-on contact with cell surfaces. Most microtubules in each bundle exhibited a uniform polarity. They were oriented with their minus ends associated with their hemidesmosomal ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.108.4.1445