Ultrastructural and immunocytological studies on the rhizoplast in the chrysophycean alga <i>Ochromonas danica</i>

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<jats:title>SUMMARY</jats:title><jats:p>The rhizoplast, a striated band elongating from the flagellar basal body to the nucleus, is conspicuous in cells of <jats:italic>Ochromonas danica</jats:italic> Prings. In interphase cells, it runs from the basal body of the anterior flagellum to the space between the nucleus and the Golgi body. In <jats:italic>O. danica</jats:italic>, the rhizoplast duplicates during mitosis and the two rhizoplasts serve as mitotic poles. In the present study, we reinvestigated mitosis of <jats:italic>O. danica</jats:italic> using transmission electron microscopy and immunofluorescence microscopy, especially focusing on the rhizoplast. The nuclear envelope became dispersed during metaphase, and the rhizoplasts from two sets of the flagellar basal bodies functioned as the mitotic poles. Immunofluorescence microscopy using anti‐α‐tubulin, anti‐centrin and anti‐γ‐tubulin antibodies showed that centrin molecules were localized at the flagellar basal bodies, whereas γ‐tubulin molecules were detected at the rhizoplast during the whole cell cycle.</jats:p>

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