Cytoplasmic microtubules in mammalian cells

Fine Structure of the Epithelium of the Gut in the Crayfish (<i>Procambarus clarkii</i>) with Special Reference to the Cytoplasmic Microtubules

“…These tubules are observed sparsely distributed throughout the entire cytoplasm, but some of them are grouped to form bundles extending from the apical plasma membrane to the basal. These microtubules are quite similar in appearance to those reported in various animal cells (SLAUTTERBACK, 1963;DE THE, 1964;BEHNKE, 1964;SANDBORN, 1964;CLARK, 1965;SILVER, 1965;ARNOLD, 1966;LENTZ, 1967;and others) or in plant cells (LEDBETTER and PORTER, 1963;NEWCOMB and BONNET, 1965;PICKETT-HEAPS and NORTHCOTE 1966). Recently the structural details and nature of microtubles have been studied by GALL (1966), BEHNKE and FORER, (1967) and SHCLARNSKY and TAYLOR (1967).…”

Unusual tubular inclusions in the mitochondrial matrix from human livers with cholelithiasis.

“…These tubules seem somewhat similar in appearance to the cytoplasmic microtubules reported elsewhere (LEDBETTER and PORTER, 1963;MCNABB and SANDBORN, 1963;SLAUTTERBACK, 1963;SANDBORN et al, 1964;and others tive cells which are known to be actin (MOOSEKER and TILNEY, 1975). Of interest may be the fact that the tubular inclusions were observed in relatively high frequency (about 46%) in the liver biopsies of cholelithiasis, but not in those of the 2 cases without cholelithiasis.…”

Luminal material in microtubules of frog olfactory axons: structure and distribution.

“…The present work generally confirms this observation . Other workers have made passing reference to the occurrence of dense luminal material in various kinds of microtubules (1, 2,5,11,13,14,21,24,26,29,31,34) . As to the detailed morphology of luminal material, only Echandia et al .…”