Pluchea. Pluchea foetida . From Britton and Brown 1898. Pluchea odorata (right), a. Tip of flowering branch, b. Enlargement of leaf showing glandular pubescence, c. Flower head, side view. d. Perfect disk flower, side view. e. Perfect disk flower, longitudinally dissected, f. Floral diagram of perfect disk flower, g. Pistillate disk flower, side view. h. Pistillate disk flower, longitudinally dissected, i. Floral diagram of pistillate disk flower, j. Achene with pappus. Drawn by Priscilla Fawcett. From Correll and Correll 1982.

2004 ◽  
pp. 919-928
Author(s):  
M.G. Hamilton ◽  
T.T. Herskovits ◽  
J.S. Wall

The hemocyanins of molluscs are aggregates of a cylindrical decameric subparticle that assembles into di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and larger multi-decameric particles with masses that are multiples of the 4.4 Md decamer. Electron micrographs of these hemocyanins typically show the particles with two profiles: circular representing the cylinder viewed from the end and rectangular representing the side-view of the hollow cylinder.The model proposed by Mellema and Klug from image analysis of a didecameric hemocyanin with the two decamers facing one another with collar (closed) ends outward fits the appearance of side-views of the negatively-stained cylinders. These authors also suggested that there might be caps at the ends. In one of a series of transmission electron microscopic studies of molluscan hemocyanins, Siezen and Van Bruggen supported the Mellema-Klug model, but stated that they had never observed a cap component. With STEM we have tested the end cap hypothesis by direct mass measurements across the end-views of unstained particles.


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