Ribosomes and secretory granules in human mast cells: close associations demonstrated by staining with a chelating agent

Autor: Ellen S. Morgan, Ann M. Dvorak
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Immunological Reviews. 179:94-101
ISSN: 0105-2896
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2001.790110.x
Popis: The distribution of ribosomes was investigated in mature human mast cells with a chelation-based staining protocol known to bleach DNA-rich structures, leaving RNA-rich structures unbleached. With this method, electron-dense ribosomes were adjacent to, attached to, and within secretory granules, which were also bleached with the chelation method that we used. The finding of these ribosome-secretory granule relationships suggests that secretory granules in mature human mast cells may participate in RNA metabolism.
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