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Science 25 May 1984:
Vol. 224. no. 4651, pp. 874 - 876
DOI: 10.1126/science.224.4651.874
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Inhibition of Plant Microtubule Polymerization in vitro by the Phosphoric Amide Herbicide Amiprophos-Methyl

LOUIS C. MOREJOHN 1 and DONALD E. FOSKET 1

1 Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine 92717

The phosphoric amide herbicide amiprophos-methyl (APM) produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of taxol-induced rose microtubule polymerization in vitro. Parallel studies on taxol-induced assembly of bovine brain microtubules showed no effect of APM at a concentration ten times that required to give complete inhibition of rose microtubule assembly. The data indicate that (i) APM is a specific and potent antimicrotubule drug and (ii) APM directly poisons microtubule dynamics in plant cells, rather than indirectly depolymerizing microtubules through a previously proposed mechanism involving deregulation of intracellular calcium levels.

Submitted on January 20, 1984
Accepted on March 6, 1984


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