Open AccessTHE STRUCTURE OF PIGEON BREAST MUSCLE MITOCHONDRIA
Author(s) -
A.F. Howatson
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.2.4.363
Subject(s) - biology , mitochondrion , differential centrifugation , centrifugation , muscle tissue , microbiology and biotechnology , anatomy , biochemistry
The structure of pigeon breast muscle mitochondria was studied both in whole muscle tissue and in mitochondrial fractions separated by differential centrifugation. No evidence was found to indicate that the mitochondria of pigeon breast muscle differ in any fundamental way from those of other tissues. In particular the absence of an enveloping membrane, claimed in recent reports, was not confirmed. The structure of the lipide bodies present in muscle has been described, and compared with that of similar bodies in other tissues.
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