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Fig. 5

From: Potassium channel KCN11 is required for maintaining cellular osmolarity during nitrogen starvation to control proper cell physiology and TAG accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Fig. 5

Removing potassium from culture media partially rescues formation of lipid droplets. WT or kcn11 cells were grown in N-depleted medium for 2 days with or without potassium followed by Nile Red staining (a), by measurement of cellular number (b) and size (c) of the lipid droplets. Bar = 5 µm. Data shown are mean ± sem (n = 50). N.S., no significant. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.0001 (t test)

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