Flagellar regeneration and associated scale deposition inPyramimonas gelidicola (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta)

McFadden, G. I. ; Wetherbee, R.
Springer
Published 1985
ISSN:
1615-6102
Keywords:
Flagellar regeneration ; Prasinophyceae ; Pyramimonas scales
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Summary During regeneration of mechanically amputated flagella, flagellar scales and the subtending membrane accumulate in a villiform scale reservoir in which the scales interact to form patterns on the villi reminiscent of the arrangement they later assume on the flagellum. The reservoir membrane is continuous with the plasmalemma, and the scales, attached directly and indirectly to the membrane, leave the reservoir and migrate toward the developing flagella where they assemble into highly ordered layers. It is proposed that scale-scale interactions induce a process of auto-assembly initiating the complex arrangement of scale tiers on the flagellum and cell body.
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