Cross fracture of cilia of the quadrulus. The basal body/cilium complexes are a little less tightly packed than in the peniculus. There are four or five rows of parasomal sacs interspersed with basal...

The plasma membrane of Paramecium multimicronucleatum seen in a freeze fracture replica. The two rows of IMPs can be seen on the P-face of the plasma membrane that connects the plasma membrane to the ...

Quick-freeze deep-etch images show a more three dimensional view of acidosomes surrounding a phagosome. Acidosomes are unique in that they contain indentations of their membrane. The lumen has a honey...

A high magnification view of the intimate docking of acidosomes with the phagosome is particularly apparent where the P-face of the acidosome lies against the E-face of the phagosome. Numerous large I...

Higher magnification of a QF-DE image of an acidosome with a large inward indentation of its membrane. The fractured P-face of the indentation shows many large IMPs. The acidosome lumen is honeycombed...

The cytopharynx/nascent digestive vacuole (phagosome) has an E-fracture face containing a high number of IMPs. Interestingly these IMPs are sometimes organized into plaques where there are several sho...

In addition to plates the plasma membrane contains IMPs on its P-fracture face in ring or parenthesis shape at sites of trichocyst secretion. A ring actually consists of two circles of IMPs and signif...

In addition to plates the plasma membrane contains IMPs on its P-fracture face in ring or parenthesis shape at sites of trichocyst secretion. A ring actually consists of two circles of IMPs and signif...

Quick-freeze deep-etch of granulo-fibrillar material at the crests of the ridges. This material is composed of thinner and shorter filaments that, like the striated bands, appear to bind to the membra...

Acidosomes originate from the biosynthetic pathway that includes the ER, the Golgi stack and the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Flattened vesicles from the TGN round up into spherical vesicles and bind to...