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CIL:38865*  Cite 
Description

The division furrow of a dividing Didinium. A thick layer of epiplasm coated on the cytosolic side by mitochondria forms the constricting ring in the furrow. As usual mucocysts lie between the epiplasm and the pellicular membranes. The new cytopharynx in the opisthe already has lamellae and the alveolus seems to be absent from this region. The macronucleus is constricted in the furrow and elongated nucleoli are stretched out along microtubules are evident. TEM taken on 5/21/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 operating at 60kv. Neg. 5,000X. The raw film was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This high resolution image is suitable for quantitative analysis. Additional information available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Didinium nasutum
Cell Type
cell by organism
eukaryotic cell
Eukaryotic Protist
Ciliated Protist
Cell Line
Carolina Biological Supply Company, NC, U.S.A.
Cellular Component
cell division site
cleavage furrow
nuclear division
extrusomes
nucleolar chromatin
Biological Context
Biological Process
cell division
cortical microtubule organization
nuclear division
nuclear microtubules
nucleolar organization
Molecular Function
structural constituent of cytoskeleton
structural molecule activity
nucleolar organization
Attribution
Names
Richard Allen
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL38865
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil38865
Grouping This image is part of a group.
Imaging
Image Type
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
illumination by electrons
Image Mode
detection of electrons
film
Parameters Imaged
electron density
Source of Contrast
stain with broad specificity
Visualization Methods
stain with broad specificity
osmium tetroxide
uranyl salt
lead salt
Processing History
recorded image
film
unprocessed raw data
Data Qualifiers
raw, unprocessed data
suitable for spatial measurements
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 2830px 1nm
Y 4000px 1nm