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Ultrastructure of the cell wall of bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss) cell suspension culture

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Thin sections of a bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss) cell suspension culture, examined electron microscopically, revealed unusual, often lens-shaped, spaces in cell walls. Freeze-fracture replicas of similar material demonstrated the presence of lamellae within the cell walls, both within comparable lens-shaped spaces and more extensively at cell wall surfaces. The cell wall also displayed strong yellow-green autofluorescence. It is proposed that lipidic material is present in these cell walls, the chemical identity of which is presently under investigation.

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  1. Biology Department, Dalhousie University, B3H 4J1, Halifax, N.S., Canada

    M. I. N. Zhang & J. H. M. Willison

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Zhang, M.I.N., Willison, J.H.M. Ultrastructure of the cell wall of bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss) cell suspension culture. Plant Cell Reports 5, 448–451 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00269639

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