High resolution image of the CVC complex. The membrane along the collecting canal of ruptured cells shows that the excess smooth spongiome membrane forms a three-dimensional array similar to etiolated...

Quick-freeze deep-etch of the contractile vacuole E-fracture face. This face like the collecting canal membrane is porous indicating that many IMPs have been removed from this leaflet during fracturin...

A collecting canal of the contractile vacuole surrounded by smooth spongiome remnants and decorated tubules of the CVC. Microtubules bordering the flattened collecting canal are labeled with immunogol...

An electron micrograph of a thin frozen section treated with a clone of the mAb (D40-2) used to show the A4 antigen on decorated tubules. The immunogold lies along the outer margin of these tubules fo...

High resolution image of quick-freeze deep-etch of the P-face of the contractile vacuole. This face has many IMPs that are presumably transmembrane proteins many of which have been pulled free of the ...

Quick-freeze deep-etch of the P-face of the contractile vacuole. This face has many IMPs that are presumably transmembrane proteins many of which have been pulled free of the leaflet. There are also p...

Radial arm of the contractile vacuole complex displaying two rows of openings from the smooth spongiome into the collecting canal. Two microtubules separate the two rows of openings. The smooth spongi...

High resolution image of the cross section through a radial arm of the contractile vacuole complex. The collecting canal occupies the center of the arm whose membrane is supported by the radial microt...

The radial arms of the Contractile Vacuole Complex or CVC each contain a collecting canal enclosed by a microtubular ribbon split lengthwise into several smaller ribbons, a meshwork of smooth spongiom...

The membrane along the collecting canal of ruptured cells shows that the excess smooth spongiome membrane forms a three-dimensional array similar to etiolated chloroplasts when a piece of wood stays o...