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Published on: December 19, 2013
Water diffusion in cytoplasmic streaming in Elodea internodal cells under the effect of antimitotic agents
Vladimir N Vorob'ev1, Alexander V Anisimov, Nailya R Dautova
1Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, P.O.B. 30, 420111, Kazan, Russia. vorobyev@mail.knc.ru
Abstract:
The translational displacement of the cytoplasmic water in Elodea stem cells resulting from protein motor activity was measured using the NMR method. A 24-h treatment with vincristine results in a reduction of the translational displacement of the cytoplasmic water. With a constant cytoplasmic streaming velocity, the dynamics of the translational displacement of the cytoplasmic water under the effect of taxol are characterized by a continuous increase at a concentration of 0.05 mM, and reaching a plateau at a concentration of 0.5 mM.
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