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Cells! is
produced by R. Howard Berg as an educational public service of the
Danforth Center. This tool makes available images of cellular
structures for use in teaching. Use the left-hand menu or browse
through the larger images below. The
images shown were produced using instrumentation in the
Integrated
Microscopy Facility
at the Danforth Center
and
illustrate a variety of cellular characteristics and structures.
You
may copy and use the images for educational purposes only, free of charge.
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Abbreviations:
G=Golgi stack; M=mitochondrion;
Mt=microtubule;
N=nucleus;
Nu=nucleolus; P=plastid;
Pl=plasma membrane; T=tonoplast;
V=vacuole;
W=plant cell wall |
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These images
are copyrighted to the Danforth Center and are not to be
sold
or published without the written permission of the Danforth
Center.
We would
like to acknowledge the support of the National Science
Foundation as the
source of funds to purchase the instruments used in making these
images.
Light micrographs were made
using a Zeiss LSM 5210 Meta NLO confocal/multiphoton
system and are of
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Electron
micrographs were made using a Leo 912 AB transmission electron
microscope.
These thin section images are of samples that were
physically fixed by ultra-rapid freezing
(about 15 milliseconds) in a
high pressure freezer, which prevents ice crystal formation
which
otherwise would destroy cell structure. Compared to chemical
fixation, ultra-rapid
fixation produces the most life-like images
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A transmission electron
micrograph of a cell that is developing into a xylem element. The
cell will die at maturity, forming the plumbing for conducting water and
nutrients in the plant's vascular tissue. The plant organelles
involved in making the thickenings can be seen. These are groups
of microtubules (Mt) that help to guide coated vesicles (Cv) containing
wall material synthesized in Golgi stacks (G) to the region of wall
growth.
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