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. 1962 Mar 1;12(3):599–613. doi: 10.1083/jcb.12.3.599

STUDIES ON CARTILAGE

III. The Occurrence of Collagen within Vacuoles of the Golgi Apparatus

H Sheldon 1, F B Kimball 1
PMCID: PMC2106038  PMID: 13911612

Abstract

Electron microscopic observations on chondrocytes from rabbit ear cartilage 72 hours after papain has been given intravenously show that many vacuoles in the Golgi apparatus contain a material with a speckled appearance. Some Golgi vacuoles also contain a material with a banded pattern which can be identified as a collagen. The significance of this observation is discussed.

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