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  • Title: Ultrastructural transitions associated with the development of the bladder cells of the trichomes of Atriplex.
    Author: Thomson WW, Platt-Aloia K.
    Journal: Cytobios; 1979; 25(98):105-14. PubMed ID: 540532.
    Abstract:
    Early in development, bladder cells are characterized by the absence of a vacuole or vacuoles, the presence of autophagic vesicles, and numerous, unaggregated ribosomes. With the formation and expansion of the central vacuole, the ribosomes become aggregated and elements of rough endoplasmic reticulum become apparent. This developmental transition is probably related to the production of proteins involved in ion accumulation in the vacuole. Throughout expansion, invaginations of the tonoplast and membraneous structures are associated with the vacuole. These may be indicative of a continued lytic function for this compartment. Also, dictyosomes are continuously present and dictyosome vesicles are associated with both the plasmalemma and tonoplast, which suggest that they contribute to both membrane systems during expansion of the cell and vacuole.
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