<!-- Deleted image removed: thumbnail|Paramural bodies, indicated by unlabelled arrows.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hirsch|first1=Ann|last2=Torrey|first2=John|title=Ultrastructural changes in sunflower root cells in relation to boron deficiency and added auxin|journal=Canadian Journal of Botany|volume=58|pages=856–866|doi=10.1139/b80-110|year=1980}}</ref> --> '''Paramural bodies''' are membranous or vesicular structures located between the cell walls and cell membranes of plant and fungal cells.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Girbardt|first1=Manfred|title=Uber die Substruktur von Polystictus versicolor L.|journal=Archives of Microbiology|date=1957|volume=28|issue=3|pages=255–269|doi=10.1007/BF00411497|bibcode=1957ArMic..28..255G |s2cid=38092176 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Girbardt|first1=M.|title=Licht- und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an Polystictus versicolor|journal=Archives of Microbiology|date=1961|volume=39|issue=4|pages=351–359|doi=10.1007/BF00411774|s2cid=31105712 }}</ref> When these are continuous with the cell wall, they are termed '''lomasomes''', while they are referred to as '''plasmalemmasomes''' if associated with the plasmalemma.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dillon|first1=Lawrence S.|title=Ultrastructure, Macromolecules, and Evolution|date=1981|publisher=Springer US|location=Boston, MA|isbn=9781461331476}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lackie|first1=J.M.|title=The dictionary of cell and molecular biology|date=2013|publisher=Academic Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-12-384931-1|page=382|edition=5th}}</ref>
==Function== While their function has not yet been studied in great detail, it has been speculated that due to the morphological similarity of paramural bodies to the exosomes produced by mammalian cells, they may perform similar functions such as membrane vesicle trafficking between cells.<ref name = "paramuralbodiesandMVBs">{{cite journal|last1=An|first1=Qianli|last2=van Bel|first2=Aart|last3=Hückelhoven|first3=Ralph|title=Do Plant Cells Secrete Exosomes Derived from Multivesicular Bodies?|journal=Plant Signaling & Behavior|volume=2|issue=1|pages=4–7|doi=10.4161/psb.2.1.3596|pmc=2633885|year=2007|pmid=19704795 |bibcode=2007PlSiB...2....4A }}</ref> Current evidence suggests that, like exosomes, paramural bodies are derived from multivesicular bodies.<ref name=paramuralbodiesandMVBs />
==See also== * Exosome * Endosome * Golgi apparatus
==References== {{Reflist}}
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