Taxol inhibits the nuclear movements during fertilization and induces asters in unfertilized sea urchin eggs

Taxol blocks the migrations of the sperm and egg nuclei in fertilized eggs and induces asters in unfertilized eggs of the sea urchins Lytechinus variegatus and Arbacia punctulata. Video recordings of eggs inseminated in 10 microM taxol demonstrate that sperm incorporation and sperm tail motility are...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1982
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2112877/