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Plant Cells: Vacuoles

By Janice VanCleave

Vacuoles are a membrane-bound storage sacs filled with a watery fluid. Mature plant cells may have only one vacuole occupying up to 90% of the total plant cell volume. Some of the function of a plant vacuole include: * store wastes* isolate materials that might be  harmful to the cell* maintain internal hydrostatic pressure (turgor) […]

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