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The microtubule inhibitor, nocodazole (2.5 mg L-1), can arrest the cell cycle of the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin at G2 + M phase. Flow cytometric analysis of cells treated with nocodazole suggest that the proportion of cells at G2 + M phase can accumulate to over 95%. Even after a 48-h treatment with nocodazole (2.5 mg L-1), the cells can still exit mitosis, suggesting that the cell-cycle arrest is reversible.
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Ng, C.K., Lam, C.M., Yeung, P.K. et al. Flow cytometric analysis of nocodazole-induced cell-cycle arrest in the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin. Journal of Applied Phycology 10, 569–572 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008039500919
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