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Title: CIL:21727, Paramecium multimicronucleatum, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist
Creator: Allen, Richard
Contributor: Allen, Richard
Date Created and/or Issued: 2021
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program
Collection: Cell Image Library
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Description: Quick-freeze deep-etch of the P-face of the contractile vacuole. This face has many IMPs that are presumably transmembrane proteins many of which have been pulled free of the leaflet. There are also pits in this leaflet which represent the IMPs that remain with the opposite leaflet. Although we have found no mechano-sensitive or voltage-gated channels in the CVC (Sugino et al., J. Exp. Biol. 208:3957-3969, 2005) it is clear that proton pumps are present in the decorated tubules and that protons are exchanged for other ions such as calcium, potassium and sodium as these ions can accumulate in the CV against a concentration gradient from the cytosol. Some of the IMPs may function as ion exchange channels. What caused the large holes is not known. The texture of the luminal contents resembles the CV content and indicates the membrane is indeed that of the contractile vacuole. TEM taken on 5/27/92 by R. Allen with Zeiss 10A operating at 80kV. Neg. 31,500X. Bar = 0.2µm. The raw film was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This image is best used for quantitative analysis. Additional information available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).A print of the negative was scanned and processed in Photoshop. This image is best used for qualitative analysis. A high resolution image (CIL:13128) is available for quantitative analysis. Additional information available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).
Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/rdcp)
Allen, Richard (2021). CIL:21727, Paramecium multimicronucleatum, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0736Q3Z
Type: image
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb4887795s
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Contractile vacuole organization
Contractile vacuole
Ciliated Protist
Cell by organism
Contractile vacuolar membrane
Eukaryotic Protist
Eukaryotic cell
Paramecium multimicronucleatum
Cell Image Library Group ID: 6995

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