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Spherosomes

Known as: Spherosome, lipid storage body (sensu viridiplantae), Oil Bodies 
A subcellular organelle of plant cells surrounded by 'half-unit' or a monolayer membrane instead of the more usual bilayer. The storage body has a… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Oil Bodies and Oleosins in Physcomitrella Possess Characteristics Representative of Early Trends in Evolution1[W][OA]
Searches of sequenced genomes of diverse organisms revealed that the moss Physcomitrella patens is the most primitive organism… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Endoplasmic Reticulum to Vacuole Trafficking of Endoplasmic Reticulum Bodies Provides an Alternate Pathway for Protein Transfer to the Vacuole1
One of the emerging differences that appears to separate plants from the other eukaryotes is the plasticity of the endoplasmic… 
2003
2003
Temporal association of Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase with oil bodies during seed development in Santalum album L.: its biochemical characterization and significance.
Calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) is expressed in sandalwood (Santalum album L.) seeds under developmental regulation, and… 
2002
2002
Comparison of protein chemical and physicochemical properties of rapeseed cruciferin with those of soybean glycinin.
Rapeseeds contain cruciferin (11S globulin), napin (2S albumin), and oleosin (oil body protein) as major seed proteins. The… 
2000
2000
Purification, molecular cloning and ethylene-inducible expression of a soluble-type epoxide hydrolase from soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.).
A soybean protein was purified from mature dry seeds. Amino-acid sequencing of the nine internal peptides derived from this N… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Expression and subcellular targeting of a soybean oleosin in transgenic rapeseed. Implications for the mechanism of oil-body formation in seeds.
Two genomic clones, encoding isoforms A and B of the 24 kDa soybean oleosin and containing 5 kbp and 1 kbp, respectively, of… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Fine structural investigation of nuclear inclusions in plants.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The fine structure of local lesions induced by tobacco mosaic virus in tobacco.
1963
1963
THE CYTOPLASMIC FINE STRUCTURE OF THE DIATOM, NITZSCHIA PALEA
The cytoplasmic fine structure of the motile, pennate diatom, Nitzschia palea was studied in thin sections viewed in the electron… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The unsaturated fatty acids in menhaden body oil: the C18, C20, C22 series
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