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C A Price

Publications and source records attributed to C A Price.

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PubMed1976

Density-gradient sedimentation in silica sols. Anomalous shifts in the banding densities of polystyrene "latex" beads.

When polystyrene "latex" beads are centrifuged to equilibrium in gradients of Nalcoag 1030, Nalcoag 1034A and Ludox 130M, which are commercial formulations of colloidal silica, the beads at densities that may be markedly lower or higher than the bulk density. Addition to the gradient of small amounts of certain polymers restores the banding densities towards the expected value. These findings closely mimic previously observed "density shifts" of biological particles. A possible model for this anomalous behavior is discussed.

Centrifugation, Density Gradient↗
PubMed1974

Photosynthetic activity of spinach chloroplasts after isopycnic centrifugation in gradients of silica.

Chloroplast suspensions from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) were clearly resolved into intact and stripped chloroplasts by isopycnic centrifugation in density gradients of silica sol ("Ludox") and polyethlene glycol. The intact chloroplasts fixed CO(2) and evolved O(2) more rapidly than the crude suspensions; the stripped chloroplasts were inactive. During the photosynthetic fixation of (14)CO(2) in the intact chloroplasts recovered from the gradient, the (14)C label was observed to spread through the photosynthetic intermediate pools, as well as into starch, which indicates that the purified chloroplasts are metabolically competent. This appears to be the first report of the retention of photosynthetic activity following the purification of chloroplasts in density gradients.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1971

Isolation of Intact Chloroplasts from Euglena gracilis by Zonal Centrifugation.

Chloroplasts were separated from Euglena gracilis by zonal centrifugation at low speed in density gradients of Ficoll or dextran. The chloroplasts were intact by the criteria of ultrastructure and their content of ribulose diphosphate carboxylase and soluble protein. The chloroplasts also contained ribosomes and ribosomal RNA uncontaminated by the corresponding cytoplasmic particles.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1969

Size-separation of yeast mitochondria in the zonal centrifuge.

Mitochondria, released from yeast spheroplasts and subjected to rate separation through sorbitol gradients in the zonal centrifuge, migrated in a wide symmetrical zone. Electron micrographs showed that the mitochondria had been resolved within the zone according to size. The mean mitochondrial diameter at the leading edge was approximately twice that at the trailing edge of the particle zone. Activities of the enzymes cytochrome oxidase, malate dehydrogenase, and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide- and d-lactate cytochrome c reductases were essentially uniform throughout the mitochondrial zone. Mitochondria from a vegetative-petite mutant had almost the same size distribution as the isogenic wild type, but with somewhat larger mean diameter and either absent or markedly reduced enzyme activities. Mixtures of wild-type and petite mitochondria produced sedimentation profiles showing overlap of particle populations with respect to mean sedimentation rates and mitochondrial diameters, as well as intermediate levels of enzyme activities. Both cristate and noncristate organelles were present throughout the mitochondrial zone from these mixtures. Mitochondria centrifuged in sorbitol density gradients were well-preserved and yielded consistent sedimentation profiles, whereas particles in sucrose density gradients migrated more slowly, produced varied sedimentation profiles, and often showed spurious peaks, presumably due to particle aggregations.

Centrifugation↗