Abstract
When statocytes of cress root-caps were incubated in an extraction medium containing phalloidin, bundles of microfilaments (6.6±2.4 nm in diameter) were found in the cortical cytoplasm. The inclusion of heavy-meromyosin in this medium demonstrated an arrowhead pattern on the filaments indicative of the presence of actin.
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Hensel, W. Demonstration by heavy-meromyosin of actin microfilaments in extracted cress (Lepidium sativum L.) root statocytes. Planta 173, 142–143 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394498
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394498