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Two days cultures of HeLa cells were stimulated for a short time with ATP and incubated in a solution of ferritin. The localization of the marker was studied after 15 min. The ferritin particles were encountered in smooth surfaced vacuoles, in the Golgi cisternae and vesicles, in dense bodies, multivesicular bodies and crystal-containing bodies. Ferritin was never observed in the nucleus, for this time of incubation. These observations are discussed in comparison with results obtained after an incubation in 3H-DNA.
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Loni, M.C., Borgers, M. & Hugon, J. Uptake of ferritin particles by ATP-stimulated hela cells. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 76, 525–531 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339753
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