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. 2014 Nov 12;9(11):e112053. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112053

Figure 3. Behaviour of the MT threads upon treatment with drugs: use of Taxol results in artefacts.

Figure 3

Anterior (A, C, E) and posterior (B, D, F) ends of embryos treated with Taxol (A–D) or Colchicine & Colcemide (E, F) stained with mab YL1,2 to reveal the MT network. (A, B) unfertilized embryo, (C, D) nc 5 embryo, (E, F) nc 6 embryo. Note that Taxol induces the formation of threads even in unfertilized embryos (compare to Fig. Fig. 1D, E) and even in posterior halves (B, D). Stages of embryos are denoted in yellow and follow the nomenclature of [61].