ISSN:
1615-6102
Keywords:
Tubulin
;
Mitosis
;
Microtubule
;
Physarum
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary Immunofluorescent labelling ofPhysarum microtubules with a new antibody specific for the α1-isotubulin has been compared with the labelling with an antibody specific for β-isotubulins and an antibody with recognizes tubulin chains terminated by an aromatic amino-acid. In agreement with the known presence of only one α-isotype in amoebae and several α-isotypes in plasmodia, the immunofluorescence of the mitotic spindle was qualitatively identical, but lower in plasmodia than in amoebae. In all cases except one, there were no relative variations of immuno-fluorescence staining with the three antibodies, from metaphase to telophase, in spindles sampled. In plasmodia grown at optimal temperature, both during normal or perturbed mitosis, the immunostaining of the α1isotype decreased sharply after metaphase, while the staining obtained with the two other antibodies did not vary significantly. The immunologic determination of the relative amount of the α1-isotubulin in the tubulin pool and in isolated mitotic microtubules could not account for this observation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02079331
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