Science, Vol 209, Issue 4462, 1251-1252
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Electrophoretic injection of a fluorescent dye into giant mitochondria and mitoplasts
C Bowman
and
H Tedeschi
Studies of the electrical properties of giant mitochondria and mitoplasts with microelectrodes have indicated that there are no significant metabolically dependent membrane potentials. The internal location of the microelectrode has been confirmed by electrophoretically microinjecting the water-soluble dye Lucifer yellow CH into giant mitochondria or mitoplasts.