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Influence of Simazine on Chloroplast Ribonucleic Acid, and Protein Metabolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. P. Singh  and
S. H. West
R. P. Singh
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
S. H. West
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville
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Abstract

The quantities of chloroplast proteins and chlorophyll were lower in oat plants treated 6 days with 2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine (simazine) than in the controls. Radioactive amino acid incorporation into chloroplasts indicated that the reduced levels of protein resulted from reduced synthesis. Glucose improved the amino acid incorporation in the treated tissue, but still the rate was reduced markedly by the simazine treatment. An effect of simazine even in darkness on amino acid incorporation into chloroplasts was suggested by the data. Total ribonucleic acid (RNA) content and synthesis as measured by incorporation of p32 were altered by simazine treatments.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 31 - 34
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Copyright © 1967 Weed Science Society of America 

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