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Fig. 5: trifluoperizine causes cortical buildup of endosomes

In trifluoperizine (TFP), which apparently does not inhibit endocytosis but does inhibit movement of vesicles away from the parasomal sacs (ps), coated (cov) and preendosomal (prev) vesicles and early endosomes (ee) become strongly labeled with HRP but all remain within the cortex. TFP seems to interfere with membrane movements into the cell so that even the products of coated pits arising from early endosomes, the carrier vesicles, remain in the cortex. EM taken on 10/9/87 by R. Allen with Zeiss 10A TEM. Neg. 12,000X. Bar = 0.5µm. Published in J. Cell Sci. 101:449-461, 1992.
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