Silicon in rat liver organelles: Electron probe microanalysis
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cell and tissue research
- Vol. 166 (2) , 255-263
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00227046
Abstract
Electron probe microanalysis of unfixed freeze-substituted rat liver tissue embedded in Spurr's low viscosity epoxy resin demonstrated the occurrence of Si as well as P, S, and Cl in the nucleus, nucleolus, mitochondria, and rough endoplasmic reticulum. Chemical analysis confirmed that the Si in the organelles did not originate from instrumental contaminants. This suggests that Si may be involved in the biochemistry of these subcellular organelles.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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