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Fig. 51: detail of fractured early DV-III membrane

An enlargement of a portion of Figure 50 showing the many IMPs on the P-fracture faces of the lysosomal membranes that had just fused with the DV. The membrane will smooth out as the phagolysosome expands osmotically. The membrane in the upper right corner has fewer IMPs and may be a remnant of the DV-II membrane. (For relative numbers of IMPs in the different DV stages see Allen and Staehelin, J. Cell Biol. 89:9-20, 1981). EM taken on 9/27/76 by R. Allen with JEM-100B TEM. Neg. 31,193X. Bar = 0.2µm.
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