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Short-chain fatty acids as inhibitors of gibberellin-induced amylolysis in barley endosperm

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ABSCISIC acid (ABA) is the only plant growth substance so far reported1,2 to inhibit gibberellin(GA)-induced amylolyis in barley half seeds or α-amylase production in barley aleurone layers: the former physiological response has been used as a bioassay for ABA3,4. But the isolation procedures normally used to extract ABA from plant tissue also extract certain short-chain fatty acids5. We now present evidence that these naturally occurring short-chain acids5 are powerful inhibitors of GA-induced amylolysis in barley endosperm.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK

    DAVID C. BULLER & WILLIAM PARKER

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK

    J. S. GRANT REID

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BULLER, D., PARKER, W. & REID, J. Short-chain fatty acids as inhibitors of gibberellin-induced amylolysis in barley endosperm. Nature 260, 169–170 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260169a0

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