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Cytochemical Localization of Succinic Dehydrogenase in Mitochondria from Periplaneta americana

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MORPHOLOGICAL1,2 and biochemical3–5 studies indicate that the mitochondrion is a structurally complex organelle in which certain oxidative enzyme systems are localized. The succinic dehydrogenase system, in particular, has been shown to be situated almost exclusively in the mitochondrial fraction of tissue homogenates.

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  1. D. G. SCARPELLI: Senior Reasearch Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 14, Maryland.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Medical School of London, London, W.12.

    A. G. E. PEARSE & D. G. SCARPELLI

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PEARSE, A., SCARPELLI, D. Cytochemical Localization of Succinic Dehydrogenase in Mitochondria from Periplaneta americana . Nature 181, 702–703 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181702a0

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