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FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE CLUSTERS OF GRANULAR MATERIAL AROUND THE CENTRIOLE IN THE SEA URCHIN EGG: CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION DURING MITOSIS *
Author(s) -
ENDO SACHIKO
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1980.00509.x
Subject(s) - prometaphase , prophase , anaphase , telophase , metaphase , biology , centriole , mitosis , sea urchin , microbiology and biotechnology , astral microtubules , centrosome , microtubule , spindle apparatus , biophysics , anatomy , meiosis , cell division , cell , cell cycle , chromosome , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Changes in the distribution of pericentriolar material, which was called “clusters of granular material”, in a previous paper were observed during mitosis of the sea urchin egg by electron microscopy using thick sections. At prophase, small clusters in an early stage of formation were observed near the nucleus. At prometaphase, the clusters appeared to aggregate loosely at the poles of the spindle. They formed large masses at metaphase, while at late anaphase they became reduced in size and formed an array at right angles to the spindle axis. Some clusters still remained near the karyomeres at telophase and then became closely associated with the daughter nucleus. The clusters were closely associated with the astral microtubules and spindle microtubules at prophase and prometaphase, respectively. The granular material is suggested to be a nucleating site of microtubule assembly during mitosis.