Normal and mutant peroxisomes (IMAGE)

Rice University

Normal and mutant peroxisomes

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The top image shows normal Arabidopsis peroxisomes with many internal vesicles; the bottom image shows the enlarged peroxisomes lacking vesicles that result when two PEX11 genes are nonfunctional. The images are confocal micrographs with the membranes (green) and interior (magenta) of the peroxisomes marked with different fluorescent proteins. Image credit: Nathan Tharp.

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Nathan Tharp/Rice University

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