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Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis in the Bud an Essential Component of Floral Induction in Xanthium

Bonner, James and Zeevaart, Jan A. D. (1962) Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis in the Bud an Essential Component of Floral Induction in Xanthium. Plant Physiology, 37 (1). pp. 43-49. ISSN 0032-0889. PMCID PMC549735. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20151124-132353188

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Abstract

It has been shown in earlier papers (8, 9) that photoperiodic induction of the cocklebur is inhibited by application to the plant of the pyrimidine, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). It was further found that the inhibitor is most effective in this function if applied directly to the bud at the beginning of the otherwise inductive dark period. It has been further concluded that the inhibitor functions by adversely affecting processes which take place in the bud during the inductive dark period and which are essential to photoperiodic induction. In this paper we shall show that the process in the bud which is inhibited by 5-FU and which is related to inhibition of induction is the synthesis of ribonucleic acid (RNA).


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Additional Information:© 1962 American Society of Plant Biologists. Received June 30, 1961. Supported in part by grants from National Science Foundation and Frasch Foundation. The work was carried out while the second author held a stipend from the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (Z.W.O.). The authors acknowledge a generous gift of 5-fluorouracil and of 5-fluorodeoxyuridine supplied by Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, N.J.
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Official Citation:Bonner, James, and Jan A. D. Zeevaart. “Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis in the Bud an Essential Component of Floral Induction in Xanthium”. Plant Physiology 37.1 (1962): 43–49
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