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ArticleCell and tissue research1982

The nature of the clear zone around microtubules.

H Stebbings, C Hunt

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Article in Cell and tissue research, 1982. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Generation of Electromagnetic Field by Microtubules.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  3. Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Disturbed Coherence: Gate to Cancer.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2015
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  9. Dipole-dipole interactions in microtubules.Journal of biological physics · 2005
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  10. Transport of cytoskeletal elements in the squid giant axon.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1995
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2 authors.

H Stebbings
C Hunt

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clear zones seen around microtubules in transverse sections of nutritive tubes vary in size depending on whether a microtubule is bordered by ribosomes or by another microtubule. We consider that such a finding is not consistent with the current view, that the clear zone is maintained by microtubule-associated material. It can, however, be accounted for by an electrostatic repulsion between the surfaces of negatively charged microtubules and between microtubules and ribosomes which are also negatively charged. The experiments presented here, involving on the one hand the addition of cationic substances to microtubules and on the other the alteration in charge of the microtubules, support this hypothesis.

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AnimalsAnionsCationsChemical PhenomenaChemistry, PhysicalDetergentsFemaleFerritinsHemipteraHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMicrotubulesOvaryRibosomesRuthenium RedStaining and LabelingAnionsCationsDetergentsFerritinsRuthenium Red

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PMID6185230

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