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yet decided whether in fact the isoprenoid alcohol can be formed from mevaloniic acid in the chloroplasts and also whether this alcohol (possibly in the form of a pyrophosphate) can then condense with a quinone to form plastoquinone. In animal tissues the corresponding condensation to form ubiquinone occurs in the mitochondria (Stoffel & Martius, 1960). SUMMARY
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Ansell et al. (1963) studied this question.