THE EFFECT OF COLCHICINE ON MYOGENESIS IN VIVO IN RANA PIPIENS AND RHODNIUS PROLIXUS (HEMIPTERA)

The effect of colchicine on myogenesis in vivo has been studied in the regenerating tadpole tail of the frog, Rana pipiens, and in the abdominal molting muscles of a blood-sucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus Stål. Colchicine is shown to disrupt microtubules in the differentiating muscle cells of both th...

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Main Author: Warren, Robert H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1968
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2107539/