Introduction to the Fine Structure of Plant Cells.

1972 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
J. F. Gennaro ◽  
Myron C. Ledbetter ◽  
Keith R. Porter
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1971 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2856-2857
Author(s):  
D.M. Keith-Lucas
Keyword(s):  

1965 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Benjamin Bouck

The structural interrelationships among several membrane systems in the cells of brown algae have been examined by electron microscopy. In the brown algae the chloroplasts are surrounded by two envelopes, the outer of which in some cases is continuous with the nuclear envelope. The pyrenoid, when present, protrudes from the chloroplast, is also surrounded by the two chloroplast envelopes, and, in addition, is capped by a third dilated envelope or "pyrenoid sac." The regular apposition of the membranes around the pyrenoid contrasts with their looser appearance over the remainder of the chloroplast. The Golgi apparatus is closely associated with the nuclear envelope in all brown algae examined, but in the Fucales this association may extend to portions of the cytoplasmic endoplasmic reticulum as well. Evidence is presented for the derivation of vesicles, characteristic of those found in the formative region of the Golgi apparatus, from portions of the underlying nuclear envelope. The possibility that a structural channeling system for carbohydrate reserves and secretory precursors may be present in brown algae is considered. Other features of the brown algal cell, such as crystal-containing bodies, the variety of darkly staining vacuoles, centrioles, and mitochondria, are examined briefly, and compared with similar structures in other plant cells.


1998 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Wang ◽  
Cheng Yang ◽  
Ris Hans ◽  
Zhonghe Zhai

During division and development there is within the cell an organized sequence of synthesis and movement of materials and organelles. The position of the organelles is related both to the formation of the material and to its organized deposition or transport to particular sites at particular times within and outside the cell membrane. Plant tissues offer unique opportunities for the study of development since each cell in a column of cells which lies between the meristematic and the mature regions of the tissue represents a stage in the sequence of the growth and these can be studied either separately or relative to one another. The tissues are also very suitable for microscopical techniques such as radioautography and freeze-etch that are of especial importance for studying the sites of synthesis and the movement of material within the cell.


1972 ◽  
Vol 39 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Risueño ◽  
M.E. Fernández-gómez ◽  
C. de la Torre ◽  
G. Giménez-Martín

Virology ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung Soo Kim ◽  
J.P. Fulton

1963 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Ledbetter ◽  
K. R. Porter

This paper reports an electron microscope examination of the cortices of some plant cells engaged in wall formation. Previous studies of similar material fixed in OSO4 alone have disclosed discontinuities in the plasma membrane and other evidence of inadequate fixation. After glutaraldehyde, used as a fixative in this present study, the general preservation of cortical fine structure is greatly improved. This is shown, for example, by the first evidence of slender tubules, 230 to 270 A in diameter and of indeterminate length, in plant cells of this type. They have been found in the cortical regions of cells of two angiosperms and one gymnosperm, representing all the material so far studied following this method of fixation. The tubules are identical in morphology to those also observed here in the mitotic spindles of plant cells, except that the latter have a somewhat smaller diameter. It is noted that the cortical tubules are in a favored position to govern cytoplasmic streaming and to exert an influence over the disposition of cell wall materials. In this regard it may be of some significance that the tubules just beneath the surface of the protoplast mirror the orientation of the cellulose microfibrils of the adjacent cell walls.


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