Lysosome Images

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Lysosome Transmission Electron Micrographs

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  Fig. 1 Reproduction of the first electron micrograph ever that indicated the existence of lysosomes (arrows), as originally published in 1956 by Novikoff and colleagues. The sample represents a liver fraction that also contains mitochondria (MT) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Reproduced from Novikoff et al. (1956)

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  Fig. 2 This picture shows for the first time at the ultrastructural level that acid phosphatase activity is localized in lysosomes (LY) of liver cells. BC bile canaliculus, ER endoplasmic reticulum, EX extraneous precipitate, MI microvilli, V vacuole.

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  Polymorphonuclear leukocyte from rabbit. Two different forms of primary lysosomes exist in rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

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  Image:Lysosome primary and secondary (tem)

• Images Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 from: A series of historic high power transmission electron micrographs.

Electron microscopy of lysosomerich fractions from rat liver. BEAUFAY H, DE DUVE C, NOVIKOFF AB. J Biophys Biochem Cytol. 1956 Jul 25;2(4, Suppl):179-84. No abstract available. PMID: 13357540

• Image Polymorphonuclear leukocyte lysosome and Lysosome primary and secondary from: ASCB

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