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Fig. 23: Endocytosis - early endosomes and coated vesicles

Early endosomes (ee) receive membrane from the vesicles coming from the coated ends of the parasomal sacs (ps) or their larger invaginations (*) and in turn give rise to secondary coated vesicles (arrowheads) at their own margins that pinch off to be transported to other parts of the cell. They may fuse with late endosomes which presumably become part of the phagocytic system (see Nilsson and Van Deurs, J. Cell Sci. 63:209-222, l982), at least they do in Paramecium. lip, lipid droplet; mu, mucocyst. EM taken on 7/20/65 by R. Allen with RCA TEM. Neg 18,000X. Bar = 0.2µm. Published in J. Protozool. 14:553-565, 1967.
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