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. 1960 Oct 1;8(2):423–430. doi: 10.1083/jcb.8.2.423

PHASE CONTRAST OBSERVATIONS OF THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM IN LIVING TISSUE CULTURES

George G Rose 1, C M Pomerat 1
PMCID: PMC2224934  PMID: 13743266

Abstract

Cells from three human sources (two malignant and one fetal) were observed through phase contrast microscopy to contain unusual cytoplasmic images. These were photographed and are discussed as representing the endoplasmic reticulum in the living cell.

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