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Description

Transmission EM of cotyledons of wildtype Arabidopsis thaliana grown in the dark showing the characteristic quasi-crystalline prolamellar bodies. Other images in this group show the development of typical chloroplasts with thylakoid membranes, and the phenotype of the cep16 mutant.

Technical Details

See K Philippar. T Geiss, I Ilkavets, U Oster, S Schwenkert, J Meurer, J Soll 2007 Chloroplast biogenesis: The use of mutants to study the etioplast-chloroplast transition. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:678-683.

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Arabidopsis thaliana
Cell Type: leaf
Cellular Component: chloroplast; plastid thylakoid; etioplast prolamellar body; plastid part

Biological Context

Biological Process: photosynthesis; plastid organization

Attribution

Names: Katrin Philippar; Tina Geiss; Iryna Ilkavets; Serena Schwenkert; Jorg Meurer; Jurgen Soll; Ulrika Oster
Published: K Philippar. T Geiss, I Ilkavets, U Oster, S Schwenkert, J Meurer, J Soll 2007 Chloroplast biogenesis: The use of mutants to study the etioplast-chloroplast transition. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:678-683
Pubmed: 17202255

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL39130
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil39130

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Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Parameters Imaged: electron density
Source of Contrast: differences in adsorption or binding of stain
Visualization Methods: uranyl salt
Processing History: montage
Data Qualifiers: processed data

Sample Preparation

Methods: glutaraldehyde fixed tissue; tissue in plastic embedment
Relation To Intact Cell: microtome-sectioned tissue

Dimensions

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Y	912px	——