Rod-shaped accumulations in cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum in root cells of Lepidium sativum seedlings (original) (raw)

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Ultrathin sections through the median plane of norm al, 48-hrs-old seedling roots of cress, showed the presence of accumulations of a finely fibrillar material. These inclusions were confined to the cisternae of the granular endoplasmic reticulum of surface cell layers of the root tip and the root-hair zone. The rod-shaped structure and random orientation of these inclusions were clearly seen in 3-dimensional reconstructions of serial ultrathin sections.

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1. Botanical Laboratory, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
   Tor-Henning Iversen & Per R. Flood
2. Institute of Anatomy, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
   Tor-Henning Iversen & Per R. Flood

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1. Tor-Henning Iversen
2. Per R. Flood

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Iversen, TH., Flood, P.R. Rod-shaped accumulations in cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum in root cells of Lepidium sativum seedlings.Planta 86, 295–298 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386462

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• Received: 13 March 1969
• Issue date: September 1969
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386462

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