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Cationized ferritin, a marker for adsorptive endocytosis, was taken up by zoospores of the fungusAphanomyces euteiches. The probe was endocytosed into the numerous, often coated, vesicles surrounding the contractile vacuole. The vacuole itself contained very little ferritin. It is suggested that the contractile vacuole complex is the main area of membrane recycling in the zoospore. After zoospore encystment some of the ferritin was found in multivesicular bodies and the remnants of the contractile vacuole.
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Cerenius, L., Rennie, P. & Fowke, L.C. Endocytosis of cationized ferritin by zoospores of the fungusAphanomyces euteiches . Protoplasma 144, 119–124 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01637244
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