Alex Merlo MD
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640 W WASHINGTON ST PITTSFIELD IL, 62363About
Dr. Alex Merlo is a general surgeon practicing in PITTSFIELD, IL. Dr. Merlo specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Merlo provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
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- Preferential expression of one beta-tubulin gene during flagellate development in Physarum.
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- Measuring spatial correlations of photon pairs by automated raster scanning with spatial light modulators.
- Location of a single beta-tubulin gene product in both cytoskeletal and mitotic-spindle microtubules in Physarum polycephalum.
- The localization of the divergent beta 2-tubulin isotype in the microtubular arrays of Physarum polycephalum.
- A gene encoding the major beta tubulin of the mitotic spindle in Physarum polycephalum plasmodia.
- Patterns of tubulin isotype synthesis and usage during mitotic spindle morphogenesis in Physarum.
- Identification of tubulin isoforms in the plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum by in vitro microtubule assembly.
- The isolation of nuclei containing mitotic spindles from the plasmodium of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum.
- Identification of a 102 kDa protein (cytocentrin) immunologically related to keratin 19, which is a cytoplasmically derived component of the mitotic spindle pole.
- Intracellular degradation and reduced cell-surface expression of sucrase-isomaltase in heat-shocked Caco-2 cells.
- Conditionally immortalized intestinal epithelial cells: novel approach for study of differentiated enterocytes.
- Cloning and characterization of the altA alpha-tubulin gene of Physarum.
- Cytocentrin is a Ral-binding protein involved in the assembly and function of the mitotic apparatus.
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