Dictyosomal elements of the Golgi complex consist of a layer of coated transition vesicles next to a specialized area of ER called the transition zone and two or three highly fenestrated layers of cis...

Conchophthirus was deciliated by calcium ion shock followed by shearing through a micropipette. This revealed the location of the deciliated basal bodies and the cell's surface architecture. In this i...

A high resolution image of a longitudinal microtubular ribbon sandwiched between the alveoli and the epiplasm in the crest of the pellicular ridge. A parasomal sac, the distal end of basal body, the p...

The pellicular pore consists of the invaginated plasma membrane that penetrates the alveolus as well as the epiplasm and ends as a clathrin-coated pit. TEM taken on 3/14/72 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU...

Tangentially sectioned dictyosomes that give rise to cupulas (see Favard, P. and N. Carasso, J. Microscopie 3:671-696, 1964) and coated vesicles. TEM taken on 4/2/71 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A ope...

Conchophthirus was deciliated by calcium ion shock followed by shearing through a micropipette. This revealed the location of the deciliated basal bodies and the cell's surface architecture. In this i...

High resolution image. Basal bodies are supported by three fiber systems, a striated kinetodesmal fiber that arises from the proximal end of the basal body and curves upward and anteriorly within the ...

High resolution image of two parasomal sacs that are oriented perpendicular to the basal bodies. The top parasomal sac has a clathrin cage around it's coated pit area. The P-face of the plasma membran...

The highest concentration of parasomal sacs is found in the oral region associated with the three ciliary membranelles, called in Paramecium, the ventral amd dorsal peniculi and the quadrulus. This mi...

A transverse section of the cortex of Conchophthirus curtus reveals details of cortical structure. This includes the nature of the cell membrane and the alveolar membranes that reside immediately belo...