Stability of Brain Microtubules in Homogenates
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Hexylene glycol buffered at pH 6 .4 (7) will preserve microtubules from mammalian brain in homogenates (9) . The observations presented here show that hexylene glycol is better than ethanol or sucrose for preserving the microtubules ; nevertheless, the concentration of microtubules decreases with time even in the presence of hexylene glycol . Cold, autolysis, divalent cations, and mitotic spindle inhibitors did not alter appreciably the stability of the microtubules in vitro .
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of Cell Biology
دوره 42 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1969