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Leaf tissues of Zea mays were examined with a transmission electron microscope and a high-voltage electron microscope. Tubular extensions (invaginations) of the plasmalemma were found in vascular parenchyma cells and thick-walled, lateformed sieve elements of intermediate and small veins, and in epidermal, mesophyll, and sheath cells of all leaves examined. No continuity seems to exist between the tubules and other cellular membranes.
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Evert, R.F., Eschrich, W., Neuberger, D.S. et al. Tubular extensions of the plasmalemma in leaf cells of Zea mays L.. Planta 135, 203–205 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387172
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387172