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Antimicrotubule agents, colchicine, vinblastine, and griseofulvin, induced conspicuous morphological anomalies inBryopsis plumosa. First, following cessation of protoplasmic streaming within 15 minutes, elongation stopped in a few hours. Second, innumerable protrusions or new growth points generated over the cell flank in a few days. Similar phenomena were observed in the cells which were subjected to high pressure or low temperature both of which are known to disrupt microtubule.
These phenomena were investigated with light and electron microscopy. It is suggested that inhibition of microtubule dependent protoplasmic streaming which may function as an intracellular transport system causes such morphological anomalies.
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Mizukami, M., Wada, S. Morphological anomalies induced by antimicrotubule agents inBryopsis plumosa . Protoplasma 114, 151–162 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01283697
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