A requirement for protein synthesis during the curvature of citrus petals

Eliezer E. Goldschmidt*, Raphael Goren

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Abstract

The opening of citrus petals is an auxin mediated process.Inhibition of curvature by antimetabolites of nucleic acids and protein synthesis can be partially relieved by the corresponding metabolites. Cycloheximide inhibited curvature and incorporation of 14C-leucine into protein by more than 80%. IAA did not enhance incorporation significantly, but the auxin antagonist p-chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid did inhibit it to a certain extent. On opening petals gradually lose the ability to synthesize protein.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)289-293
Number of pages5
JournalPlant and Cell Physiology
Volume12
Issue number2
StatePublished - Apr 1971

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