Rough endoplasmic reticulum, TEM

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Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a protein-synthetising cell packed with parallel cisterns of rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) with the lumen labelled red. Ribosomes attached to cisterns are blue.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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