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Description

This scanning electron micrograph shows a single cell grown from a culture of lung epithelial carcinoma cells. The purple area shows blebs, which are irregular bulges in the plasma membrane of the cell caused by localized decoupling of the cytoskeleton from the plasma membrane. The green area shows an area of the cell where the blebbing is not occurring or is not visible.

Technical Details

B0007209 Lung cancer cell. Wellcome Image Award Winner 2009. Wellcome Images available under the following creative commons usage http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/

Biological Sources

Cell Type: epithelial cell of lung
Cellular Component: bleb; cell surface

Biological Context

Biological Process: bleb assembly
Human Disease: lung carcinoma

Attribution

Names: Anne Weston
Link: Wellcome Images
OTHER: London Research Institute, CRUK

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL39108
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil39108

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Parameters Imaged: elastic scattering of electrons
Source of Contrast: differences in deposition of metal shadow
Visualization Methods: visualization of contiguous regions
Processing History: colorized

Sample Preparation

Relation To Intact Cell: dispersed cells in vitro

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	733px	——
Y	576px	——