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1Division of Water Technology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P. O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
The trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-insoluble fraction of water column bacteria labeled with [H]leucine contained an ethanol-soluble fraction accounting for up to 44% of the label. A component of the ethanol-soluble fraction is [H]leucine. Labeled-protein purification requires an ethanol wash step. Cold TCA can replace hot TCA for precipitation of labeled proteins.

