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Does Cycloheximide inhibit Protein Synthesis specifically in Plant Tissues?

Nature volume 222, pages 791–792 (1969)Cite this article

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IT is of interest to determine which metabolic changes in plants are linked directly to protein synthesis. Efforts have recently been made to demonstrate that protein synthesis is directly implicated in the ripening of pears1; the development of a malate decarboxylatioii system2, a lipid synthesizing system3 and ethylene biosynthesis4 in apple peel; the induction of isocitritase in germinating peanut5, nitrate reductase in radish cotyledons6 and cauliflower leaf7, and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase8 and fatty acid synthetase9 in potato disks; gibberellic acid-promoted invertase activity in Avena internodes10 and α-amylase and ribonuclease activity in barley aleurone11; and, finally, cell elongation12, cell enlargement13 and cell wall extensibility14 in a variety of tissues.

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  1. Department of Plant Physiology, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen

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MACDONALD, I., ELLIS, R. Does Cycloheximide inhibit Protein Synthesis specifically in Plant Tissues?. Nature 222, 791–792 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222791a0

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