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Fig. 38: lysosome with paracrystalline material and polysaccharide coat

A secondary lysosome from day 1 of a culture-age study shows a lysosome with 6 layers of paracrystalline material. The lysosome is enclosed by a single membrane that has a conspicuous brush of polysaccharide filaments lining its luminal surface. EM taken on 2/26/80 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A TEM. Neg. 21,750X. Bar = 0.2µm. Published in Eur. J. Cell Biol. 25:182-192, 1981.
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