The P-face of the ciliary membrane at the base of the cilium has 9 triple rows of IMPs in register with the 9 doublets of the internal axoneme. It is thought that these IMPs may be sites of calcium in...

A high magnification view of the paracrystalline structure of the trichocyst tip and the cortex and core of the resting trichocyst body. Details of the sheath around the tip spike are also shown. (For...

A favorable view of one trichocyst docking site in a quick-freeze deep-etch image shows the prominent outer ring of 37 IMPs and about the same number of IMPs in the inner ring more deeply embedded in ...

A high magnification view of the paracrystalline structure of the trichocyst tip and the cortex and core of the resting trichocyst body. Details of the sheath around the tip spike are also shown. (For...

The P-face of the ciliary membrane at the base of the cilium has 9 triple rows of IMPs in register with the 9 doublets of the internal axoneme. It is thought that these IMPs may be sites of calcium in...

Quick-freeze deep-etch image of a cytosolic region where trichocysts are developing. Vesicles, even small ones, contain contents that are compacting into paracrystalline form. These vesicles seem to h...

Fully formed trichocysts are moved from the cytosol to the cell surface along microtubules. In this image a bundle of microtubules arising from the proximal end of the basal body lies against the tric...

A fracture of an apparently fully formed trichocyst showing that the body of paracrystalline material fills the organelles lumen and is bound to the membrane by a loose array of threads. The membrane,...

The tip of the trichocyst does not expand but remains nail shaped and remains bound to the elongated shaft. TEM taken on 6/7/88 by C. Schroeder with Zeiss 10A operating at 80kV. Neg. 19,800X. Bar = 0....

A row of large IMPs bordering parts of the plates are visible. Two parentheses-shaped empty trichocyst docking sites are also present and one ring surrounding pits where the rosette IMPs have been rem...