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Movement of organelles in a cytoplasmic strand of an onion epidermis cell






 

Movement of organelles in a cytoplasmic strand of an onion epidermis cell

Distinct cytoplasmic strands cross the central vacuole of onion bulb epidermis cells. This sequence shows how single organelles exhibit a vectorial movement through such a cytoplasmic strand. This fast movement is based on the interaction between myosin molecules and actin filaments.
Imaging/ web text: Department of General Instrumentation (KUN) (E.S. Pierson, B. van der Linden)

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last modified: 5 Jun 2014