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Fig. 1 | Applied Microscopy

Fig. 1

From: Composite cuticle with heterogeneous layers in the leaf epidermis of Ficus elastica

Fig. 1

Transmission electron micrograph of the heterogeneous cuticle in the leaf epidermis of Ficus elastica. A polysaccharide-rich fraction and a cutin-rich fraction constituted the cuticle. Arrows = cellulose fibrils. CRF = cutin-rich fraction. CT = cuticle. ECW = epidermal cell wall. EWL = epicuticular wax layer. PRF = polysaccharide-rich fraction. Bar = 1 μm

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