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DURING our investigation of the membrane systems of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis, we have discovered a unique differentiation within the plasma membrane that corresponds to sites of discharging mucocysts, and we have been able to reconstruct a representation of the process of membrane fusion at the moment of discharge.
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SATIR, B., SCHOOLEY, C. & SATIR, P. Membrane Reorganization during Secretion in Tetrahymena. Nature 235, 53–54 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/235053a0
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