Membrane Reorganization during Secretion in Tetrahymena (original) (raw)

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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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1. Department of Physiology-Anatomy and the Electron Microscope Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720
   BIRGIT SATIR, CAROLINE SCHOOLEY & PETER SATIR

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1. BIRGIT SATIR
2. CAROLINE SCHOOLEY
3. PETER SATIR

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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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• Received: 30 June 1971
• Issue date: 07 January 1972
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/235053a0