Time and cell cycle dependent formation of heterogeneous tubulin arrays induced by colchicine in Triticum aestivum root meristem

Cell Biology International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 633-646

  Lazareva, Elena M ^a   Polyakov, Vladimir Y ^a   Chentsov, Yuri S ^a   Smirnova, Elena A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Colchicine; Microtubules; Mitosis; Plant cell; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; COLCHICINE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CRYSTALLOID; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPHASE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038012592     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1065-6995(03)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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