Intracellular Centrifugal Separation of Organelles In
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Live sporangiophores of Phycomyces blakesleeanus were centrifuged at 35,000 rpm . The cell contents sedimented into distinct layers, and each layer was studied with an electron microscope and with cytochemical methods . The following layers were found (their volumes and their densities are shown in Fig . 3) : 1 . polyphosphates ; 2 . polyphosphates and protein crystals ; 3 . glycogen ; 4 . yellow layer with ferritin ; 5 . ribosomes ; 6 . protein crystals ; 7 . mitochondria ; 8 . mitochondria and fibrils ; 9. nuclei ; 10 . endoplasmic reticulum ; 11 . vesicles, membranes, and reticulum ; 12 . vacuole ; 13 . lipoproteins, membranes ; 14. fat droplet . The densities of the various layers were determined by the injection of droplets of inert oils of known density into the sporangiosphores before centrifugation . Sedimented cell organelles could be isolated . Centrifuged nuclei of a lycopene-producing mutant were injected into the intact sporangiophore of an albino host where they induced color formation . The ensuing spores, when plated, gave a mixture of white and colored colonies . It was concluded that cell organelles, sedimented by centrifugation of living sporangiophores, remain alive and can be used for biochemical studies . Microspectrophotometric examination of the layers indicated the presence of cytochromes and flavines in the mitochondria and of cytochromes in the nuclei . No pigments corresponding to the action spectrum for the light growth response were found .
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تاریخ انتشار 2003