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Protoplasts were prepared from the guard cells ofA. cepa. Epidermal peels taken from expanding green leaves and largely free of mesophyll were treated with Cellulysin, and protoplasts were harvested after 18 h of digestion. That the protoplasts were derived from guard cells was ascertained from their characteristic vacuolar autofluorescence and from observations showing that all other epidermal cells are killed in the peeling procedure. The protoplasts proved to be a good system with which to view the cell cortex and inner surface of the plasmalemma. The lysis of cells adhering to polylysine-treated, Formvar-coated grids, followed by negative staining in uranyl acetate, showed that many microtubules normally present in ordered arrays in situ remain closely applied to the inner surface of the plasmalemma in protoplasts. In addition, numerous vesiculate elements including coated vesicles and/or pits are present amongst the microtubules. Similar vesicles are evident in thin sections of fixed, embedded guard cells and protoplasts. The significance of these structures in the cell cortex is discussed.
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Doohan, M.E., Palevitz, B.A. Microtubules and coated vesicles in guard-cell protoplasts ofAllium cepa L.. Planta 149, 389–401 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571175
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