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Another new kind ofChlamydomonas mutant, with impaired flagellar autotomy

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We have obtained a UV-induced mutant (designatedfa-) ofChlamydomonas reinhardtii, in which the mechanism of flagellar autotomy is impaired. Whereas wild-type cells normally shed their flagella in 17% ethanol, for instance, the mutant cells retain them.

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  1. C. Burrascano

    Present address: San Diego State University, 92182, San Diego, CA, USA

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  1. Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 92093, La Jolla, California, USA

    R. A. Lewin & C. Burrascano

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Dr K. van Winkle-Swift kindly provided theChlamydomonas strains, and Dr R. Bloodgood the anti-flagella antiserum. Mr Todd Price prepared the electron-micrographs (not shown). We are indebted also to the National Science Foundation for grant No. PCM 80-02353 which supported this research.

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Lewin, R.A., Burrascano, C. Another new kind ofChlamydomonas mutant, with impaired flagellar autotomy. Experientia 39, 1397–1398 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990124

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