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Microtubules in Interphase and Mitosis of Cellular Slime Molds

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Biomechanics of Active Movement and Deformation of Cells

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Abstract

Cellular slime molds are mycetozoan protists characterized by a trophic stage during which they exist as solitary cells that phagocytize bacteria or yeasts, and by the formation of stalked sporocarps that bear one or many walled spores (Bonner, 1967; Olive, 1975; Raper, 1973). The cells of most species are non-flagellated amoebae, but several taxa have amoeboflagellate cells.

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Roos, UP., Guhl, B. (1990). Microtubules in Interphase and Mitosis of Cellular Slime Molds. In: Akkaş, N. (eds) Biomechanics of Active Movement and Deformation of Cells. NATO ASI Series, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83631-2_3

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