
TY  - JOUR
A1  - CHAMBERS, TC 
A1  - MERCER, FV 
T1  - Studies on the Comparative Physiology of Chara Australis II. The Fine Structure of The Protoplast
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1964
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SP  - 372
EP  - 387
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9640372 
N2  - The fine structure of the internodal cells of G. australis in the linear phase of cell expansion is described from electron micrographs of thin sections of osmium. and permanganate-fixed material. . The static picture obtained is basically similar to that of the parenchyma cells of higher plants as established by electron-microscope observations. A unit volume of protoplast has the same fine structure in cells ranging from 1 em to many centimetres in length, and contains cell wall, plasmalemma, tonoplast, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi bodies, micro somes, mitochondria, chloro_ plasts, nuclei, and other inclusions. This constant structure may account for the constant metabolism per unit volume of protoplast during the linear phase of development. A brief discussion of the possible significance of this picture of the structure of the internodal protoplast to the functional activity of the cell is given. 
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