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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 16, 433-443, Copyright © 1974 by Company of Biologists

Submitted on March 12, 1974

Effects of Hormones on the Polysaccharide-Synthesizing Membrane Systems of Lettuce Pith

K. WRIGHT 1 and D. J. BOWLES 2

1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, England
2 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, England; Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Trier-Kaiserslautern, 675 Kaiser-slautern, West Germany

Changes have been induced in the polysaccharides laid down in the cell walls of lettuce pith by administration of the hormones auxin and zeatin. This polysaccharide derives from the membrane systems of the cells and radioactive precursor has been used to follow the accompanying changes which occurred in the polysaccharide contained within isolated Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum fractions. Zeatin-induced division and differentiation was accompanied by up to 12-fold increases in the amount of radioactivity in polysaccharide of isolated membrane fractions, and the pattern of distribution of label between the sugars of this polysaccharide was qualitatively different in the presence of zeatin. The change in this pattern was evident in the Golgi fraction at an earlier stage in the induction of the response than that in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Submitted on March 12, 1974






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