Changes of Protein Bodies in the Soybean Cotyledons during Early Germination

발아과정에 따른 대두단백과립의 변화에 관하여

Ultrastructural changes of the protein bodies in Glycine max during early germination were studied. There were no major morphological changes in protein bodies within 3 days after the imbibition, but from the 4th day the expanse of protein bodies could be observed. In subsequent stages, the aggregation of protein bodies coalesced into a large mass and then less electron-dense material in the central part of the cell. At last it bacame highly vacuolated.