Released from the cell the trichocyst lengthens and its internal meshwork opens up into an elongated needle. TEM taken on 6/7/88 by C. Schroeder with Zeiss 10A operating at 80kV. Neg. 24,880X. Bar = 0...

A view of microtubular ribbons in which the periodic structure of the tubulin units can be seen along the length of the microtubules. Short bridges link the microtubules side to side within a ribbon. ...

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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...

Views of a striated band linked to the epiplasm on the ridge slopes and the intermembrane space between the plasma membrane and alveolus space inside the alveolus. TEM taken on 6/6/91 by C. Schroeder ...

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...

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....

QF-DE of a crystal whose P-fracture face shows many IMPs similar to the P-face of an acidosome lying nearby and trichocyst as well as trichocyst precursor vesicles. TEM taken by C. Schroeder on 6/3/8...

The micronuclear separation spindle. Nuclear pores are not empty perforations but are closed by nonetchable material. The separation spindle must elongate as microtubules lengthen and/or slide against...