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differential centrifugation

The fractionation of subcellular components according to their sedimentation behaviour; separation into nuclei, mitochondria, lysosomes, microsomes (endoplasmic reticulum), ribosomes, cytosol, etc. by removal of sedimenting material after cycles of processing at progressively increasing centrifugal force.

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