A single layer of microtubules is part of a complex cytoskeleton in mature nematocytes of hydra.
The architecture of microtubules in mature nematocytes (stinging cells) of Hydra attenuata was investigated in detail by an indirect immunofluorescence study and by scanning and transmission electron microscopy in order to comprehend the function of the cytoskeleton in this extremely complex cell type. Microtubules were detected in all types of nematocytes in the tentacles and were found to be arranged in parallel arrays forming a highly organized basket-like structure around the nematocysts.
Stidwill
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Department of Zoology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
Honegger
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