Highly Stable Amyloid Protein Aggregates May Help Plant Seeds Last Longer (IMAGE)

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Highly Stable Amyloid Protein Aggregates May Help Plant Seeds Last Longer

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In situ hybridization of anti-Vicilin antibodies (red) with amyloid-specific dye Thioflavine T (green) of the pea seed cryosections. Colocalization is shown in yellow. Maximal projection of the confocal stack is shown.

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Dr. Pavel Zykin

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