The subcellular localisation of absorbed copper in Fucus |
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| Authors: | Kim L Smith A C Hann John L Harwood |
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| Institution: | Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Great Burgh, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5XQ, U.K.;Dept of Biochemistry, University College, Cardiff CF1 1XL, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | The localisation of absorbed copper in the brown seaweeds Fucus vesiculosus L. and Fucus serratus L. was studied by X-ray microanalysis in the electron microscope. The metal was localised in the physodes of the photosynthetic and inner non-photosyn-thetic cells. No significant copper was found in the cell walls of these algae, which had been collected from sites which were continually polluted by run-off from old copper mines. |
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| Keywords: | Fucus serratus Fucus vesiculosus physodes X-ray micro-analysis |
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