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Interactions at the Surface of Plant Cell Protoplasts; An Electrophoretic Freeze-etch Study

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The physical limitation of the cell protoplast has been demonstrated both mechanically, and microscopically, as a tangible barrier between cell cytoplasm and the external environment. In higher plant cells the isolation afforded by this limiting membrane is enhanced by the normally cellulosic cell wall, usually very close to the membrane outer surface. The work to be described is an attempt to illustrate aspects of structure and some functions of the outer protoplast membrane, or plasmalemma, and from this information, to discern something of the dynamic nature of this plasma membrane.

Received 24th March; Invited manuscript recommended for publication in Special Issue Number 2 of the Journal of Bioenergetics.

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    B. W. W. Grout, J. H. M. Willison & E. C. Cocking

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Grout, B.W.W., Willison, J.H.M., Cocking, E.C. (1972). Interactions at the Surface of Plant Cell Protoplasts; An Electrophoretic Freeze-etch Study. In: Avery, J. (eds) Membrane Structure and Mechanisms of Biological Energy Transduction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2016-6_31

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