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The use of autoradiographic techniques with tritiated glucose have indicated that wall deposition in Chara cells involves the Golgi vesicle system. This was shown to be independent of the lomasome-like structures previously reported at the surface of the cells.
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Barton, R. Autoradiographic studies on wall formation in Chara . Planta 82, 302–306 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398208
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398208