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Title: CIL:12073, 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
Rights Information: Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication
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Description: A high resolution micrograph of the transverse microtubular ribbon, consisting of ~3 microtubules, extends to the cell's left of the basal body and rises to the top of the ridge where it ends. Thus the proximal end of a pair of basal bodies is firmly anchored by this “tripod” of accessory structures, the kd, pc mt and tr mt. Presumably this tripod will resist the torque induced on the basal bodies by the movements of the ciliary beat and hold the proximal ends of the basal body in a relatively rigid position. Septa of the alveolar sac system and septal pores are seen in this micrograph. Internally extruded trichocysts also seen in this micrograph. TEM taken on 1/12/73 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A operating at 75kV. Neg. 9,900X. The raw film was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This image is best used for quantitative analysis. Standard glutaraldehyde fixation followed by osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohol and embedded in an epoxy resin. Microtome sections prepared at approximately 75nm thickness. 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:12073, 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/J0HT2NHQ
Type: image
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb71403377
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Extruded trichocyst
Cortical cytoskeleton organization
Cell cortex
Cell by organism
Eukaryotic cell
Ciliated Protist
Trichocyst
Eukaryotic Protist
Paramecium multimicronucleatum
Cell Image Library Group ID: 9625

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