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The presence of ring formed actin filaments in plant cells

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Ring formed actin filaments were observed in tobacco BY-2 cells. The change of this structure during culture was followed by fluorescence microscopy.

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Hasezawa, S., Nagata, T. & Syono, K. The presence of ring formed actin filaments in plant cells. Protoplasma 146, 61–63 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01354296

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