Plant and Cell Physiology, 1994, Vol. 35, No. 6 979-982
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Immunocytochemical Localization of Uricase in Peroxisomes of Soybean Cotyledons
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A.
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Antibodies specific for nodule uricase were used for immunocytochemistry to demonstrate the presence of uricase in cotyledons of soybean (Glycine max) during germination and early seedling growth. The enzyme was localized exclusively in peroxisomes.
1Permanent address: Department of Plant Cytology and Cytochemistry, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
2Current address: Department of Plant Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A.
(Received March 30, 1994; Accepted June 16, 1994)
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