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Separate protoplasts were obtained by the action of snail gut juice enzymes on the cell walls of the green algaUronema gigas. The cultivation of the protoplasts in mineral media caused only their enormous growth; in the presence of glucose a fibrillar network was formed on the surfaces of the growing protoplasts. Only after the addition of pectin the regeneration of the cell wall and the renewal of their morphogenesis could be observed.
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Gabriel, M. Formation, growth, and regeneration of protoplasts of the green alga,Uronema gigas . Protoplasma 70, 135–138 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01276848
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