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The ER body, a novel endoplasmic reticulum-derived structure in Arabidopsis.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Jul 2003
Matsushima Ryo, Hayashi Yasuko, Yamada Kenji, Shimada Tomoo, Nishimura Mikio, Hara-Nishimura Ikuko
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Plant cells develop various endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived structures with specific functions. The ER body, a novel ER-derived compartment in Arabidopsis, is a spindle-shaped structure (approximately 10 microm long and approximately 1 microm wide) that is surrounded by ribosomes. Similar structures were found in many Brassicaceae plants in the 1960s and 1970s, but their main components and biological...
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