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Insoluble phosphate salts as cytoplasmic inclusions inAllium cepa roots

Localization and mode of formation

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A new type of cytoplasmic structure is described in the root tips ofAllium cepa and several other genera. They are very probable composed of insoluble phosphate salts and as such can be demonstrated at the light and electron microscope level by conversion into its lead salt. They appear to be formed by coalescence of electron dense “vesicles” which have granular phosphate deposits at their periphery.

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  1. C. J. Tandler

    Present address: Instituto Fitotécnico de Santa Catalina, Llavallol, Argentina

  2. M. E. Fernández-Gómez

    Present address: Departamento de Citología, Instituto de Biología Celular (C.S.I.C.), Madrid, Spain

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  1. Departamento de Citología, Instituto de Biología Celular (C.S.I.C.), Madrid, Spain

    C. J. Tandler & M. C. Risueño

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  1. M. E. Fernández-Gómez
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Dr.Tandler is an established investigator of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.

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Fernández-Gómez, M.E., Tandler, C.J. & Risueño, M.C. Insoluble phosphate salts as cytoplasmic inclusions inAllium cepa roots. Protoplasma 77, 191–199 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01276757

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