Table 1.
Mean area and numerical density of peroxisomes or vesicular structures in cells of WT and ESCRT-III deletion strains
StrainCell area assayedPeroxisome countNumerical density of peroxisomesaMean area of peroxisomes
 µm2   µm2 
BY4742 1396.09 421 1.14 0.037 
vps20Δ 1125.46 69b 0.39b 0.005b 
snf7Δ 1144.83 89b 0.34b 0.018b 
did4Δ 820.13 35 0.28 0.040 
vps24Δ 933.70 138 0.51 0.044 
StrainCell area assayedPeroxisome countNumerical density of peroxisomesaMean area of peroxisomes
 µm2   µm2 
BY4742 1396.09 421 1.14 0.037 
vps20Δ 1125.46 69b 0.39b 0.005b 
snf7Δ 1144.83 89b 0.34b 0.018b 
did4Δ 820.13 35 0.28 0.040 
vps24Δ 933.70 138 0.51 0.044 
a

Number of peroxisomes per cubed micrometer of cell volume (Weibel and Bolender, 1973).

b

Denotes vesicular structures as no peroxisomes were observed in these strains.

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