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Translocation Along Microtubules in Insect Ovaries

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The study of microtubule-associated intracellular translocation is, at present, one of the most exciting areas in cell biology. Most of the research has focussed on the translocation which occurs along nerve axons, but other asymmetric cells, such as chromatophores and various protozoa, have also been studied extensively, and the phenomenon probably occurs to some extent in all cells. It is particularly emphasized too in the ovaries of certain insects, and this is the subject of the present chapter.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter, Perry Road, EX4 4QG, Exeter, Great Britain

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Stebbings, H. (1988). Translocation Along Microtubules in Insect Ovaries. In: Jeanteur, J., Kuchino, Y., MÜller, W.E.G., Paine, P.L. (eds) Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73599-8_1

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