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Electron microscopy of soybean lipid bodies
Author(s) -
Bair C. W.,
Snyder H. E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02662207
Subject(s) - endoplasmic reticulum , lipid droplet , electron microscope , mitochondrion , chemistry , membrane , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , physics , optics
Soybean lipid bodies in situ are small (0.2~0.5 μ m in diameter) and have an affinity for plasmalemma, protein bodies, endoplasmic reticulum and other cell organnelles but not for mitochondria or nuclei. Isolated lipid bodies contain 15% protein after extensive washing and have densities ranging from less than 1.0066 to 1.0788. We concluded that lipid bodies are surrounded by a specific delimiting membrane.