Further observations on cell-wall formation around isolated protoplasts of tobacco and tomato |
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Authors: | J H M Willison B W W Grout |
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Institution: | (1) Biology Department, Dalhousie University, B3H 4J1 Halifax, N.S., Canada;(2) Department of Plant Biology, University of Birmingham, P.O.B. 363, B15 2TT Birmingham, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Freeze-etch observations of protoplasts isolated from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) mesophyll tissue and tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) fruit locule tissue are described which clarify earlier observations (Burgess, J., Fleming, E.N., Planta 131, 173–178, 1976; Planta 133, 267–273, 1977), obtained using scanning electron microscopy. of fibres associated with projections from these cell surfaces. It is demonstrated (1) that the fibres consist of bundles of small numbers of microfibrils which have become artifactually thickened by the deposition of coating materials, and (2) that the apparent association between fibres and projections results from microfibrils being lifted preferentially from protoplast surfaces in regions rich in projections (plasmalemmasomes). With the higher resolution available using freeze-etching it can be demonstrated that microfibril deposition does not occur in discontinuous zones on these protoplast surfaces. Globules associated with microfibril termini in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) roots are illustrated and it is proposed that turgor pressure differences between isolated protoplasts and intact tissue may account for the absence of similar globules from isolated protoplast surfaces. |
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Keywords: | Cell wall Cellulose Lycopersicum Nicotiana Plasmalemmasomes Plasma membrane Protoplasts Raphanus |
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