Interrelationships between microtubules, a striated fiber, and the gametic mating structure of Chlamydomonas reinhardi.
The microtubule system associated with the Chlamydomonas reinhardi flagellar apparatus is shown to differ from previous descriptions; two of the four flagellar "roots" possess only two microtubules and are associated with a finely striated fiber. In gametic cells this fiber underlies the gametic mating structure and makes contact with it. Functional interpretations are offered.
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UW
Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Weiss
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D000818:Animals; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012098:Reproduction