Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the centriole and associated structures. The main
part of the centriole and basal body is the centriolar cylinder, the radially symmetric structure …

We show that overexpression of Polo-like kinase 4 (Plk4) in human cells induces
centrosome amplification through the simultaneous generation of multiple procentrioles …

Chromosome maneuvers in mitosis lead to controlled chromosome distribution to the
daughter cells. This makes an understanding of the cellular mechanism involved central to …

The structure and function of the centrosomes from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were
investigated by electron microscopy of negatively stained wholemount preparations of cell …

The events leading to the completion of cytokinesis after the formation of the midbody and
intercellular bridge in D-98S cells were studied with light and electron microscopy. Pairs of …

Few structures in nature appear to be arranged with as much abandon as the chro-matin of
the interphase nucleus. And yet this random appearance may be deceiving, since any …

Chromosome motion during mitosis can be explained by combining the facts available
about the equilibrium between the mitotic spindle and its subunits with the postulate that the …

The chromosomes of Chinese hamster cells were examined with the electron microscope
and the following observations were made concerning the structure and organization of the …

Experiments were performed on crane-fly spermatids (Nephrotoma suturalis Loew),
ratsperm, and rat tracheal cilia to test whether all microtubules respond in the same way to …

Ultrastructural and spatial properties of the metaphase kinetochore are examined in various
cell types of fetal rats. Independent of the chromosome or cell type the metaphase …