Size of cup-shaped porosomes on astrocytes

Range 10 to 15 nm
Organism Rat Rattus norvegicus
Reference Lee JS, Cho WJ, Jeftinija K, Jeftinija S, Jena BP. Porosome in astrocytes. J Cell Mol Med. 2009 Feb13(2):365-72. p.366 left column top paragraphPubMed ID18400049
Method Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
Comments Using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to image live astrocytes in physiological buffered solution, cup-shaped porosomes measuring 10–15 nm were observed at certain locations of the cell plasma membrane.
Entered by Uri M
ID 107662