Low resistance junctions were demonstrated between cells in anthers from young buds of Lilium longiflorum Croft by standard electrophysiological techniques. Electrodes containing a dye were used to stain impaled cells for later histological identification. Electrical coupling is widespread; germinal cells are coupled to one another; coupling is also observed between somatic elements, and germinal and somatic cells are similarly interconnected. Cytoplasmic bridges are implicated in the first case; plasmodesmata are probably responsible for the interactions in the other two. Although the physiological role of the low resistance junctions shown here and present in embryonic animal tissues is unknown, the possible function of this form of intercellular communication in the development of the anther is discussed.
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June 01 1970
LOW RESISTANCE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CELLS IN THE DEVELOPING ANTHER OF THE LILY
Nicholas C. Spitzer
Nicholas C. Spitzer
From the Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Nicholas C. Spitzer
From the Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Received:
November 05 1969
Revision Received:
January 15 1970
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
Copyright © 1970 by The Rockefeller University Press
1970
J Cell Biol (1970) 45 (3): 565–575.
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Received:
November 05 1969
Revision Received:
January 15 1970
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Nicholas C. Spitzer; LOW RESISTANCE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CELLS IN THE DEVELOPING ANTHER OF THE LILY . J Cell Biol 1 June 1970; 45 (3): 565–575. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.45.3.565
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