Absence of parallelism between polyamine and nucleic acid contents during induced growth of cucumber cotyledons
Year: 1978
Type: article
Abstract: The cytokinins (benzyladenine or benzyladenosine) decreased spermidine and spermine contents despite increasing putrescine content, when administered to isolated cotyledons of Cucumis sativus L. var. Guntur in organ culture. KCl decreased putrescine contents, although marginally increasing polyamine contents. The cytokinins and/or KCl augmented nucleic acid biosynthesis and accumulation, resulting in enhanced growth and differentiation of the isolated cotyledons. These observations show that polyamine accumulation and growth are not always coupled.
Source: Biochemical Journal
DOI: 10.1042/bj1720185
Authors: M R Suresh, P R Adiga
Institution: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1806161424