The arrangement of F-actin and microtubules during germination of Mucor rouxii sporangiospores.
The arrangement of F-actin and microtubules during germination of Mucor rouxii sporangiospores.
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鲁氏毛霉孢子萌发过程中 F-肌动蛋白和微管的排列。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00288945
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Bartnicki-Garcia,S
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作者:
Hasek,J;Bartnicki-Garcia,S
The distribution of F-actin microfilaments and microtubules was analyzed in germinating sporangiospores ofMucor rouxiiby labeling with rhodamine-tagged phalloidin and by immunofluorescence microscopy. The transition from isodiametrical to apical growth was accompanied by a switch from uniform distribution of F-actin patches to a polarized accumulation of F-actin material at the germ tube tips. Immunoblotting of cell-free extracts ofM. rouxiiwith a monoclonal anti-porcine α-tubulin antibody (TU-01) disclosed two discrete bands of α-tubulin suggesting the existence of two α-tubulin genes in this fungus. Immunofluorescence microscopy of germinating cells stained with the same antibody revealed an elaborate network of cytoplasmic microtubules that persisted during the entire germination process and extended into the apex of the germ tube. Although their precise roles remain undetermined, the observed arrangement of cytoskeletal elements during germination is consistent with their presumed involvement in cell wall morphogenesis: the long axial microtubules serving as long-distance conveyors of wall-building vesicles to the apical region while the concentrated F-actin patches mark the participation of microfilaments in the zone of intense vesicle exocytosis at the hyphal apex.