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An electron carrying factor which can replace methyl viologen in the system of nitrite reductase activity was separated from a proplastid-enriched fraction of cultured tobacco cells, by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. The electron carrying activity was found to be reversibly inactivated by NaCl.
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Ninomiya, Y., Sato, S. An electron carrier in nitrite reduction in proplastids of cultured tobacco cells. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 2, 285–292 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039875
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