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Science 23 October 1970:
Vol. 170. no. 3956, pp. 446 - 447
DOI: 10.1126/science.170.3956.446
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Macrophage Membranes Viewed through a Scanning Electron Microscope

Alwin Harry Warfel 1 and S. S. Elberg 1

1 Division of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720

When rabbit peritoneal macrophages were cultured in serum and Tyrode medium, numerous membranous structures varying in size and transparency were observed to cover the surface in complex cascading patterns. Modifications in the methods of fixation and drying probably accounted for the new perspective of macrophage surfaces gained in this study.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)