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THE YEAST CELL 



When all the ribose nucleoprotein is stored in the mitochondria, the 

 cell is dormant. Breaking of dormancy would involve the dissolu- 

 tion of the mitochondrium and the dispersal of ribosenucleoprotein 

 in the cytoplasm. This is consistent with the current view that 

 mitochondria are coacervates of lipoidal and protein materials. 



