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CIL:11091
NCBI Organism Classification
Homo sapiens
Biological Process
cell projection organization
Cellular Component
microvillus
Scanning electron micrograph reveals microvilli on the surface of HeLa cells in culture. Image by Keith Porter. Figure 31 from Chapter 2 (Specializations of the Free Surface) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' b...
CIL:11094
NCBI Organism Classification
Phodopus
Biological Process
single fertilization
Cellular Component
microvillus membrane
Scanning electron micrograph showing in vitro fertilization of a hamster oocyte. The sperm head, near the center of the field of view, is engulfed by the microvilli on the surface of the oocyte membr...
CIL:11096
NCBI Organism Classification
Phodopus
Biological Process
single fertilization
Cellular Component
microvillus membrane
Scanning electron micrograph showing a lateral view of sperm penetration of a hamster oocyte during vitro fertilization. As the membrane of the sperm head fuses with that of the oocyte, the microvill...
CIL:11099
NCBI Organism Classification
Mus musculus
Biological Process
immune system process
Cellular Component
microvillus
Cells from peritoneal cavity exudate of the mouse, exposed to sodium azide at 22°C for 22 minutes. The macrophage in the field of view has extended long microvilli, showing a rapid response to change...
CIL:11102
NCBI Organism Classification
Mus musculus
Biological Process
immune system process
Cellular Component
microvillus
Rapid extension of microvilli on the surface of a peritoneal macrophage, induced by treatment with a metabolic inhibitor, sodium azide, after 20 minutes at 22° C. Microvilli on neighboring lymphocyt...
CIL:11105
NCBI Organism Classification
Mus musculus
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
cell surface
Scanning electron micrograph of the surface of a peritoneal mast cell from mouse shows undulating folds, and few microvilli. The membrane folds could be misinterpreted for microvilli if analyzed in t...
CIL:11106
NCBI Organism Classification
Rattus
Biological Process
cell projection organization
Cellular Component
brush border
Electron micrograph showing the brush border of intestinal epithelial cells of the rat. The parallel microvilli of the brush border are about 0.1 µm wide and 1.0 µm in length. Image by Jean Paul R...
CIL:11108
NCBI Organism Classification
Bufo
Biological Process
extracellular structure organization
Cellular Component
cell surface
Scanning electron micrograph of the lumenal surface of the toad bladder shows the boundaries of four polygonal squamous epithelial cells surrounding a mitochondrial-rich cell bearing short globular mi...
CIL:11110
NCBI Organism Classification
Parophrys vetulus
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
cell surface
of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Scanning electron micrograph of the epidermal surface of the flatfish sole Parophrys detulus shows a labyrinth of surface ridges. Image from Fahrenbach,...
CIL:11111
NCBI Organism Classification
Paracheirodon innesi
Biological Process
cell projection organization
Cellular Component
cell surface
Electron micrograph showing fingerprint like ridges called microplicae on the surface of fish skin epidermis from the neon tetra. These ridges offer mechanical reinforcement against trauma and help ho...
CIL:11113
NCBI Organism Classification
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
cell surface
Scanning electron micrograph of the epidermal surface of the Pacific coho salmon. Ridge-like folds of the plasmalemma, called microplicae, display a labyrinth pattern across the surface, and a circum...
CIL:11115
NCBI Organism Classification
Entosphenus tridentatus
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
cell surface
Scanning electron micrograph of the epidermal surface of lamprey larvae. A row of microvilli outline the polygonal borders between cells, while short microvilli cover the external surface in a reticu...
CIL:11118
NCBI Organism Classification
Gerbillinae
Biological Process
cell projection organization
Cellular Component
microvillus
Electron micrograph of epithelial cells of the parotid gland of the gerbil, prepared by rapid freezing and freeze substitution. Microvilli and microplicae, which expand the extracellular surface alon...
CIL:11123
NCBI Organism Classification
Cavia porcellus
Biological Process
cell motility
Cellular Component
pseudopodium
Pseudopods jut out from this polymorphonuclear leucocyte of the guinea pig to enable amoeboid motility. Organelles are initially excluded as the pseudopod first forms, but they flow in as the pseudopo...
CIL:11127
NCBI Organism Classification
none specified
Biological Process
pinocytosis
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
Phase contrast microscopy of living cells offers the ability to observe dynamic behaviors. This single frame image shows folds in the membrane at the periphery of a cell in growing in vitro. Image b...
CIL:11129
NCBI Organism Classification
Mus musculus
Biological Process
cell motility
Cellular Component
lamellipodium membrane
Scanning electron micrograph of a 3T3 cell growing in culture. Complexity and diversity of structure across the cell surface is apparent in the this image that s courtesy of Susan Brown. Figure 48 fr...
CIL:11131
NCBI Organism Classification
none specified
Biological Process
mitosis
Cellular Component
lamellipodium
The final stages of cell division is captured in the scanning electron micrograph. Two daughter cells are still interconnected by slender strands of membrane (white arrow at center of image). Lamell...
CIL:11133
NCBI Organism Classification
Didelphimorphia
Biological Process
pinocytosis
Cellular Component
lysosome
A thin section through a macrophage from interstitial tissue of the testes of the opossum. These cells are characterized by extensive folding of the cell surface, some of which appear to have captured...
CIL:11135
NCBI Organism Classification
Felis catus
Biological Process
pinocytosis
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
Electron micrographs show examples of pinocytosis in endothelial cells of blood vessels in the cat myocardium (panels A,B,C and H), and from the choroid rete of the bowfin fish eye. Both types of cell...
CIL:11137
NCBI Organism Classification
Mammalia
Biological Process
pinocytosis
Cellular Component
vesicle
Capillary endothelial cells from mammalian cardiac muscle caught in the act of fluid-phase micropinocytosis. Arrows indicate multiple sites where invaginaton along the membrane suggests vesicles formi...
CIL:11150
NCBI Organism Classification
Homo sapiens
Biological Process
pinocytosis
Cellular Component
coated vesicle
This transmission electron micrograph of a section through a late orthochromatic erythroblast (normoblast) from human bone marrow shows shallow depressions along the membrane surface, indicated by arr...
CIL:11164
NCBI Organism Classification
Periplaneta americana
Biological Process
vitellogenesis
Cellular Component
coated vesicle
Uptake of yolk protein into coated vesicles (arrows) at the periphery of oocytes of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Yolk protein binds to regions of the membrane with a prominent glycocalyx. Beca...
CIL:11166
NCBI Organism Classification
Cavia porcellus
Biological Process
regulation of endocytosis
Cellular Component
clathrin vesicle coat
The remarkable soccer ball-like structure of coated vesicles is revealed through negative staining, and the inset panel shows a candidate model of the lattice structure. Coating of vesicles is import...
CIL:13002
NCBI Organism Classification
none specified
Biological Process
pinocytosis
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
Phase contrast microscopy of living cells offers the ability to observe dynamic behaviors. This single frame image shows folds in the membrane at the periphery of a cell in growing in vitro. Asteris...
CIL:13003
NCBI Organism Classification
Cavia porcellus
Biological Process
pinocytosis
Cellular Component
coated vesicle
Stages of coated pit vesicle invagination during micropinocytosis. Each frame is a portion of the surface of polychromatophilic erythroblasts from guinea pig bone marrow and various stages of vesicle...
CIL:13091
NCBI Organism Classification
Mus musculus
Biological Process
immune system process
Cellular Component
microvillus
This image shows two different types of white blood cells from a mouse which are essential for mammalian immune response to protect from infection. The larger cell is a macrophage and the smaller two...
