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. 1994 Jan;104(1):281–284. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.1.281

Loss of Microtubules in the Interphase Cells of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Root Tips from the Cell Cortex and Their Appearance in the Cytoplasm after Treatment with Cycloheximide.

Y Mineyuki 1, H Iida 1, Y Anraku 1
PMCID: PMC159188  PMID: 12232080

Abstract

As part of a project to investigate the mechanism of cortical microtubule (MT) alignment, we examined the effects of cycloheximide (CHM) on cortical MTs in the root tip cells of Allium cepa L. Results show that although a preprophase band of MTs remained in the cell cortex, interphase MTs disappeared from the cortical cytoplasm and then appeared concomitantly in the inner cytoplasm when the rate of de novo protein synthesis was reduced with CHM (11-360 [mu]M for 2 h)

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