NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC EXCHANGES DURING CELL DIVISION

Nucleocytoplasmic Exchanges during Cell Division

Nucleocytoplasmic Exchanges during Early Interphase

Colloidal gold was injected into the cytoplasm of amebae (Amoeba proteus) approximately 5 min, 1 hr, and 2 hr after cytokinesis. Later, interphase cells were similarly treated. All of the amebae were fixed about 50 min after injection and were examined with the electron microscope in order to determine the distribution of the gold. It was found that for a period of 2 hr after division the uptak...

Anisotropic Diffusion of Macromolecules in the Contiguous Nucleocytoplasmic Fluid during Eukaryotic Cell Division

Character and rapidity of protein diffusion in intracellular fluids are key determinants of the dynamics and steady state of a plethora of biochemical reactions. So far, an anomalous diffusion in cytoplasmic fluids with viscoelastic and even glassy characteristics has been reported in a variety of organisms on several length scales and timescales. Here, we show that the contiguous fluid of form...

The Nuclear Annuli as Pathways for Nucleocytoplasmic Exchanges

Colloidal gold particles, 25 to 55 A in diameter, which had been coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone, were microinjected into the ground cytoplasm of amebas (Chaos chaos). At time intervals of 1 minute, 2 minutes, 10 minutes, and 24 hours after injection the cells were fixed for electron microscopy. After 24 hours, gold particles were found in both the nuclei and the ground cytoplasm, the concentr...

Chromosomal Diseases in Humans (1): Cell Division

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