COLD-STABLE MICROTUBULES IN THE CYTOPLASM OF MOUSE EMBRYO FIBROBLASTS

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BERSHADSKY, AD [1 ]
GELFAND, VI [1 ]
SVITKINA, TM [1 ]
TINT, IS [1 ]
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[1] ACAD MED SCI USSR,CANC RES CTR,MOSCOW 109801,USSR
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10.1016/0309-1651(79)90067-5
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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Treatment of cultured mouse embryo fibroblasts with Triton X-100 after prolonged incubation at 0 °C reveals a network of microtubules in the cytoplasm of cooled cells. This network of cold-stable microtubules was demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy, using a monospecific antibody against tubulin and by electron microscopy. The cold-stable microtubules, as well as the ordinary cytoplasmic microtubules, were sensitive to Ca ions and were not observed in the cells pre-treated with colchicine or vinblastine. The cold-stable microtubules do not seem to be in equilibrium with the pool of depolymerized tubulin at 0 °C. © 1979.
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