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The multiple forms of ATP-ase activity in maize root tips have been examined by separation and staining using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The band pattern obtained using a whole homogenate supernatant fraction was compared with the pattern obtained from various cell organelle fractions. The kinetic properties of the ATP-ase activity in various fractions were also examined. The results support the view that ATP-ase activity exists in a number of molecular forms in the same tissue and that these forms may show specific intracellular localizations.
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Edwards, M.L., Hall, J.L. Intracellular localization of the multiple forms of ATP-ase activity in maize root tips. Protoplasma 78, 321–338 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01275700
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