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. 1951 May 20;34(5):525–528. doi: 10.1085/jgp.34.5.525

FAILURE TO FIND INTERCELLULAR PROTOPLASMIC CONTINUITY IN GRIFFITHSIA GLOBULIFERA

Howard J Curtis 1, John L Myers 1
PMCID: PMC2147269  PMID: 14832435

Abstract

A method was devised for estimtaing the electrical resistance between the cytoplasm of adjacent cells of the red marine alga Griffithsia globulifera. A very high resistance was found, which argues strongly against the existence of protoplasmic continuity in this species.

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