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High-voltage electron microscopy of whole, critical-point dried plant cells—fine cytoskeletal elements in the mossBryum tenuisetum

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Whole, critical-point dried cells of protonemata of the mossBryum tenuisetum have been examined in the high-voltage electron microscope at 1 MV. Fine cytoskeletal elements form a three-dimensional meshwork in the cytoplasm. This resembles, but has some differences from, the microtrabecular lattice seen in spread animal cells examined by the same technique.

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  1. Electron Microscope Unit, University of Sydney, 2006, N.S.W., Australia

    Guy Cox

  2. Botany School, Oxford

    B. E. Juniper

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Cox, G., Juniper, B.E. High-voltage electron microscopy of whole, critical-point dried plant cells—fine cytoskeletal elements in the mossBryum tenuisetum . Protoplasma 115, 70–80 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01293583

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