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The formation of protein crystalloids in the stroma of bean plastids has been studied. It has been shown that, besides crystallization of the protein already present induced by water loss (which cannot be inhibited by chloramphenicol), the crystalloids also appear when the leaves are fed — but only in light — with very low concentrations of sucrose or glucose for one or two days. In this case their appearance is completely inhibited by simultaneous treatment of the leaves with chloramphenicol but not with cycloheximide. The process of crystalloid formation and disappearance has also been studied. The possibility of their removal from the plastids into the cell vacuoles has been followed and discussed.
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Wrischer, M. Protein crystalloids in the stroma of bean plastids. Protoplasma 77, 141–150 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01287298
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