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Isoelectric focusing of polypeptides from the endoplasmic reticulum and glyoxysomal membranes of castor bean endosperm

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Isoelectric focusing of the membrane polypeptides derived from castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) endosperm glyoxysomes and endoplasmic reticulum reveals a close similarity in the composition of these membranes, consistent with a developmental relationship between the organelles.

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  1. Postgraduate School of Biological Sciences, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP, Bradford, Yorks, UK

    R. H. Brown, Linda Bowden & L. M. Lord

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This work was supported by the Science Research Council through grant B/RG 66629.

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Brown, R.H., Bowden, L. & Lord, L.M. Isoelectric focusing of polypeptides from the endoplasmic reticulum and glyoxysomal membranes of castor bean endosperm. Planta 130, 95–96 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390852

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