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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Scale biogenesis in algae represents a unique model system to study the transport of secretory macromolecules through the Golgi apparatus (GA) and their exocytosis. The larger scales can be visualized in the light microscope, and thus the kinetics of scale assembly, transport, and secretion can be studied in vivo. In addition, scales are osmiophilic and readily visible in conventional transmission electron microscopy; thus, details of scale assembly and sorting can be studied without invoking immunolabeling techniques. The following are distinctive features of scale biogenesis in algae: 1) transport of scales through the GA-stack occurs by cisternal progression; 2) scale secretion may be very rapid (in some cases a single GA-cisterna leaves the stack every 15-20 s); 3) sorting of different scale types does not occur in the GA, but in a post-GA-compartment. Recent progress in the analysis of scale formation in the green flagellates Tetraselmis and Scherffelia is reviewed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0741-0581
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Scale formation in algae.
pubmed:affiliation
Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't