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Photomimetic Effect of Acetylcholine on Morphogenesis in Trichoderma

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BIETH et al.1 have demonstrated that synthetic photochromic agents can effect control of acetylcholinesterase activity in vitro, and suggest that photomorphogenetic processes are mediated by similar systems. Jaffe2 has shown that acetylcholine mimics red light in some plant photomorphogenetic processes in which phytochrome is considered to be the photoacceptor. He also found increased efflux of acetylcholine from roots following red light treatment.

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    J. GRESSEL, LYNN STRAUSBAUCH & E. GALUN

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GRESSEL, J., STRAUSBAUCH, L. & GALUN, E. Photomimetic Effect of Acetylcholine on Morphogenesis in Trichoderma. Nature 232, 648–649 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232648a0

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