Keywords: Pearl Bodies04.jpg en A “G Transmission electron microscopy images of Cissus verticillata food bodies in the reserve accumulation phase A Food body showing cells in both the epidermal and internal layers with dense cytoplasm and large nuclei B Epidermal cell; mitochondria can be seen in the cytoplasm among a few other organelles; note the poorly developed crista in the mitochondria and the dictyosomes The nucleus is globose and central C Internal cell with mitochondria with well-developed crista plastids and dictyosomes D E Detail of the nuclear region of an internal cell demonstrating a lobed nucleus; in E observe the presence of mitochondria between the lobes formed by the nuclear membrane F G Cytoplasm of an internal cell; note the presence of plastids and mitochondria Note the electron-dense stroma of the plastids and their poorly developed membrane systems Note in G the plasmodesmata arrows uniting adjacent cells and the smooth endoplasmic reticulum near the plasma membrane Abbreviations ct cuticle; cw cell wall; di dictyosomes; mi mitochondria; nu nucleus; pl plastids http //www ncbi nlm nih gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707332/ Elder Antônio Sousa Paiva Rafael Andrade Buono and Julio Antonio Lombardi 2008 Pearl bodies Cissus verticillata PD-USGov |