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Localization of Polyphenoloxidase in the Chloroplasts of Beta vulgaris

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THE chloroplast as the seat of chlorophyll pigments in plants occupies a unique position in the economy of the green cell. In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the reactions and properties of chloroplasts as a result of the work of Hill1,2 and Hill and Scarisbrick3,4, who demonstrated that the reaction characteristic of photosynthesis in green plants, the evolution of oxygen, occurs in appreciable quantities in isolated chloroplasts under the influence of light and in the presence of suitable oxidants.

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  1. DANIEL I. ARNON

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ARNON, D. Localization of Polyphenoloxidase in the Chloroplasts of Beta vulgaris. Nature 162, 341–342 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162341a0

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