Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a cross-sectioned intestinal brush border showing: cell membrane (blue), cytoplasm of microvilli (red) and glycocalyx (green). The points visible in the microvilli cytoplasm are cross-sectioned actin filaments.

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