Indirect immunofluorescence of microtubules in Dictyostelium discoideum. A study with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to tubulins.
Indirect immunofluorescence of microtubules in Dictyostelium discoideum. A study with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to tubulins.
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盘基网柄菌微管的间接免疫荧光。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-4827(84)90367-7
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
J. D. De Mey
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作者:
U. Roos;M. De Brabander;J. D. De Mey
Amebae ofD. discoideumon coverslips were fixed in situ with glutaraldehyde and permeabilized with Triton X-100. Of six antibodies tested, only a monoclonal antibody to yeast tubulin consistently gave bright fluorescence. Counterstaining with DAPI facilitated the identification of interphase and mitotic stages. Most microtubules (MTs) in interphase amebae emanated from a nucleus-associated centre that had a non-fluorescent core. Amebae in early stages of mitosis lacked cytoplasmic MTs almost entirely. The nascent spindle in prophase appeared as a brightly fluorescent dot, whereas the prometaphase spindle was a short rod. Spindles in metaphase and anaphase nuclei were more elongate, some consisting of several fluorescent lines. Astral MTs were prominent on spindles in anaphase and telophase. Asters are obviously converted to the interphase complex of MTs in post-mitotic cells, while the shaft-like remnant of the central spindle disappears. The cyclical changes in the MT system related to cell division resemble those observed in higher eukaryotes and probably reflect changes in the locomotory behavior of the amebae rather than changes in cell shape.