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Science 22 November 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3595, pp. 1085 - 1087
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3595.1085
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Antibacterial and Enzymic Basic Proteins from Leukocyte Lysosomes: Separation and Identification

H. I. Zeya 1 and John K. Spitznagel 1

1 Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

A lysosomal fraction from polymorphonuclear leukocytes has been directly analyzed for basic proteins by zone electrophoresis. Evidence for the presence of bactericidal basic proteins in polymorphonuclear leukocyte lysosomes is presented.


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