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Tobacco mesophyll protoplasts have been examined by electron microscopy during isolation procedures and after 24 hours culture in a medium known to support cell wall regeneration. During isolation the plasmalemma shows little structural differentiation apart from the formation of small vacuoles in the cytoplasm. After 24 hours of culture, several types of activity are seen at the plasmalemma surface. Microtubules, profiles of endoplasmic reticulum, electron dense granules and coated vesicles are associated with the inner surface of the membrane. External to the plasmalemma fibrillar structures occur, both as extensive networks and as individual fibrils apparently associated with the membrane itself. Techniques and criteria for electron microscopy are presented, and the results discussed in terms of plasmalemma function and the regeneration of the cell wall.
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Burgess, J., Watts, J.W., Fleming, E.N. et al. Plasmalemma fine structure in isolated tobacco mesophyll protoplasts. Planta 110, 291–301 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387057
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