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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 18, Issue 2 315-326, Copyright © 1975 by Company of Biologists

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Fine structure of an organelle associated with the nucleus and cytoplasmic microtubules in the cellular slime mould Polysphondylium violaceum

UP Roos

Polysphondylium violaceum was grown in association with Escherichia coli. Vegetative amoebae and pseudoplasmodia were fixed under different conditions and processed for electron microscopy. An electron-opaque body (nucleus-associated body, NAB) lies in the cytoplasm near the tapered end of interphase nuclei. The NAB consists of a disk-shaped, multilayered core, approximately 200 nm in diameter and 150 nm thick, embedded in a granular matrix from which electron-opaque nodules protrude. The nodules are termination points of microtubules radiating from the NAB into the cytoplasm or running along the nucleus. On the average there are 16 nodules per NAB. One or two microtubules terminate in each nodule. Spindle pole bodies, arising by duplication of the NAB at the beginning of mitosis, are unstructured foci for spindle microtubules in mitotic cells. It is suggested that cytoplasmic microtubules do not determine cell shape, but they probably cause the tapering deformation of the nucleus. They may, furthermore, represent a storage form of subunits for utilization during the formation of the mitotic spindle. The nodules of the NAB are potential nucleation sites of cytoplasmic microtubules during interphase. Spindle pole bodies presumably acquire a microtubule organizing capability by integration of the decondensed nodules.


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