THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE NUCLEI OF TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS THROUGHOUT THE CELL CYCLE

The fine structure of the nuclei of logarithmically growing Tetrahymena pyriformis, strain HSM, was studied at 30-minute intervals throughout the cell cycle. Organisms were selected at similar stages of cytokinesis by means of a braking pipette, incubated, fixed in OsO(4), and embedded in agar to fa...

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Autor principal: Flickinger, Charles J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1965
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2106765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5885428
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Sumario:The fine structure of the nuclei of logarithmically growing Tetrahymena pyriformis, strain HSM, was studied at 30-minute intervals throughout the cell cycle. Organisms were selected at similar stages of cytokinesis by means of a braking pipette, incubated, fixed in OsO(4), and embedded in agar to facilitate subsequent preparation for electron microscopy. Aggregates of micronuclear chromatin underwent a decrease in density and number with a concomitant increase in size throughout interphase. There were no impressive changes in macronuclear morphology. It was found possible to estimate a cell's progress through interphase by observation of micronuclear morphology, but attempts to correlate changes in fine structure with periods of DNA synthesis were unsuccessful.

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