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. 1985 Apr;77(4):886–890. doi: 10.1104/pp.77.4.886

Accumulation and Subcellular Localization of α-Galactosidase-Hemagglutinin in Developing Soybean Cotyledons 1

Eliot M Herman 1,3, Leland M Shannon 1
PMCID: PMC1064625  PMID: 16664156

Abstract

We have investigated the accumulation and intracellular localization of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr. cv Forrest) α-galactosidase-hemagglutinin during seed development. Cotyledon tissue was embedded in Lowicryl K4M and immunocytochemical localization was accomplished through treating thin sections with α-galactosidase antisera followed by indirect labeling with protein A coupled to colloidal gold. Gold particles were localized on the Golgi apparatus and protein bodies. We interpret this to indicate that α-galactosidase-hemagglutinin is transferred to and transported through the Golgi apparatus and finally deposited within the protein body by a Golgi apparatus-mediated process.

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