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Cytological studies on HeLa, a strain of human cervical carcinoma

II. On rotatory movements of the nuclei

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Cells of the HeLa strain show considerable activity of nuclear movements in the fashion of complete rotation, incomplete rotation and rocking. The activity decreases when the culture becomes older but changing fresh medium restores it. Approximately two-thirds of the cells entering division show premitotic movements, mostly of the rocking type.

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  1. Vincenzo Leone

    Present address: Istituto di Zoologia, Università di Milano, Italia

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  1. Tissue Culture Laboratory and the Department of Anatomy, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

    Vincenzo Leone, T. C. Hsu & C. M. Pomerat

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Supported in part by a grant-in aid from the American Cancer Society upon recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council and in part by a contract from the Office of Naval Research N6onr-266 T.O. 5.

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Leone, V., Hsu, T.C. & Pomerat, C.M. Cytological studies on HeLa, a strain of human cervical carcinoma. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 41, 481–492 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345357

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