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Mature maize leaf tissue (Zea mays L.) was immunolabeled using a pre-embedding protocol with specific antibodies for nitrate reductase and protein A-colloidal gold. Immunogold label was found exclusively in the cytoplasm of mesophyll cells; no reaction was detected in bundle sheath cells. Chloroplasts, which were sliced open during cryosectioning, had no labeling. Thus, it appears nitrate reductase is localized exclusively in the cytoplasm of maize leaf mesophyll cells. No gold labeling was found on tissue sections embedded in L. R. White's or Lowicryl resin, indicating that previous chloroplast localization utilizing these protocols may be artifactual, resulting from shared epitopes or nonspecific antibody binding.
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