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A dramatic tubular reorganization of the plastid envelope in injury-stressed cytoplasm of the siphonous green alga Chlorodesmis fastigiata is described and discussed as a process of membrane self-assembly under drastic changes in the microenvironment of the organelle.
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Menzel, D. Tubular reassembly of the plastid envelope in mechanically stressed cells of a siphonous green alga (Chlorodesmis fastigiata C.Ag. Ducker, Udoteaceae). Planta 157, 190–192 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00393654
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