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Intact chloroplasts are defined as those with an intact envelope as revealed by the ability to carry out light-dependent CO2 fixation ; ribonuclease and protease resistant RNA and protein synthesis ; starch, fatty acids and amino acids synthesis ; and to show low rates of ferricyanide reduction which are greatly increased by exposure to hypotonic conditions (for a review see Douce and Joyard, 1979).
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Douce, R., Joyard, J., Neuburger, M. (1988). Isolation of Intact Chloroplasts - Criteria of Integrity. In: Latruffe, N., Gaudemer, Y., Vignais, P., Azzi, A. (eds) Dynamics of Membrane Proteins and Cellular Energetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73905-7_11
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