Figure 5
From: VMP1-deficient Chlamydomonas exhibits severely aberrant cell morphology and disrupted cytokinesis
Transmission electron microscope analysis of WT (UVM11) and VMP1-deficient cells. (A) a WT cell. Note the electron-dense vacuoles, presumably autolysosomes (⨀), the modestly sized starch granules and mitochondria (S and M, respectively; representative specimens), the well-defined and properly located nucleus (N), and the stacked thylakoid membranes (black arrows). (B) A Golgi apparatus from a WT cell. (C–D) Two mutant cells. Note the mostly clear vacuoles (⨀), the often numerous and abnormally large starch granules, the enlarged mitochondria, and the Golgi apparatuses (G), at times only visible through their transport vesicles. (E) Close-up of Golgi apparatuses from a third mutant cell. Scale bars = 1 μm.