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Maria A. Rudzinska; Ultrastructural localization of acid phosphatase in starved Tokophrya infusionum. J.Protozool. 21(5):721-728, 1974
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Young organisms of Tokophrya infusionum starved for several hour, are best suited for a study of the fine structure of this organism including the distribution of its organelles. Acid phosphatase was localized by a combined electron microscopy and cytochemical approach using modified Gomori methods. The enzyme was found in small dense bodies, spheroid vesicles, missile-like bodies, rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum, residue and autophagic vacuoles. The small dense bodies are thought to be primary lysosomes since electron micrographs show a); a continuity between the membrane of the rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum and that of the dense bodies and b); a connection between the contents of both structures when the dense bodies form from the endoplasmic reticulum.