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Science 7 January 1966:
Vol. 151. no. 3706, pp. 83 - 86
DOI: 10.1126/science.151.3706.83
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Endoplasmic Reticulum in Rat Renal Interstitial Cells: Molecular Rearrangement after Water Deprivation

Ruth Ellen Bulger 1, Lyle Dean Griffith 1, and Benjamin F. Trump 1

1 Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle

Cylindrical bodies in renal interstitial cells of dehydrated rats are confluent with membranes of endoplasmic reticulum. The cylinder walls, composed of helically arranged pentagonal tubules, may represent a molecular rearrangement of the membrane structure. The cylinders may represent a morphologic expression of altered ergastoplasmic function possibly related to the production of concentrated urine.

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