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The origin of protein bodies in developing soybean cotyledons: a proposal

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The biogenesis of protein bodies is examined in cotyledons of soybean (Glycine max, Merr) at the time when reserve protein is beginning to accumulate in the cotyledons. Reserve protein is deposited in the central vacuoles of parenchyma cells and new protein bodies arise from the central vacuole by pinching-off small masses of reserve protein surrounded by a portion of the tonoplast.

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  1. Department of Biology C-016, University of California, 92093, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Bong Y. Yoo & Maarten J. Chrispeels

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Supported by a grant to MJC from the National Science Foundation (Metabolic Biology) and a grant (to BYY) from the National Research Council of Canada.

On leave from the Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, N.B., Canada.

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Yoo, B.Y., Chrispeels, M.J. The origin of protein bodies in developing soybean cotyledons: a proposal. Protoplasma 103, 201–204 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01276677

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