title: Electrolyte induced vesiculation of MA782 mice mammary adenocarcinoma ascites cells.
abstract: MA782 ascites cells were found to vesiculate when incubated in electrolyte solutions and release giant plasma membrane vesicles with diameters ranging from 5 microns to 15 microns. The vesicles, generated from the plasma membrane and free of cellular organelles, as visualized by microscopy and marker-enzyme analysis, could be proposed as a useful model membrane system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure*