The energetics of cell division: Effects of adenosine triphosphate and related substances on the furrowing capacity of marine eggs (Arbacia and Chaetopterus)
✍ Scribed by Landau, Joseph V. ;Marsland, Douglas ;Zimmerman, Arthur M.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1955
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1002 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0095-9898
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✦ Synopsis
The gel contraction liypothesis, as formulated in relation to cytokinesis by Marsland ('50) and by Marsland and Landau ( '54) forms a basis f o r the present experiments. According to this view, the furrowing potency in animal cells depends upon the structural state (and hence the contractile capacity) of the cortical layer of gelated cytoplasm, in the region bordering the cleavage furrow. In testing this hypothesis, it is therefore important to ascertain whether or not all conditions tending to change the structural strength of this gel also produce a corresponding change in the furrowing performance of the cell.