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Freeze-fracture studies have revealed a surface layer of rodlets on spores ofSyncephalastrum racemosum. Rodlets can be removed by treatment with alkali. Analysis of the extracts indicated the presence of a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of approximately 12,000.
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Hobot, J.A., Gull, K. Structure and biochemistry of the spore surface ofSyncephalastrum racemosum . Current Microbiology 5, 183–185 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01578526
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