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Polysaccharide sulphation in Laminaria

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E. M. autoradiography using 35SO4 2- has shown the Golgi complex to be the site of polysaccharide sulphation in the brown seaweed Laminaria.

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  1. Department of Plant Sciences, The University, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK

    L. V. Evans & Maureen E. Callow

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Evans, L.V., Callow, M.E. Polysaccharide sulphation in Laminaria . Planta 117, 93–95 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388682

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