Planta

, Volume 152, Issue 5, pp 457–460 | Cite as

Regulation of RNA synthesis in higher plant cells by the action of a nucleoside triphosphatase

  • Klaus Grossmann
  • Hans-Peter Haschke
  • Hanns Ulrich Seitz
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Abstract

The influence of nucleoside triphosphates in relation to divalent cations on RNA synthesis of cells from a suspension culture from parsley was investigated. The data obtained from experiments with isolated nuclei and with an in vitro system with highly purified RNA polymerase I were compared with a chromatin-bound nucleoside triphosphatase activity within the nucleus. The results might suggest a regulatory role of the nucleoside triphosphatase activity in RNA synthesis.

Key words

Cell suspension culture Nuclei (isolated) Nucleoside triphosphatase RNA polymerase I RNA synthesis (regulation) 

Abbreviations

NTP

nucleoside triphosphates

NTPase

nucleoside triphosphatase

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Klaus Grossmann
    • 1
  • Hans-Peter Haschke
    • 1
  • Hanns Ulrich Seitz
    • 1
  1. 1.Institut für Biologie I der UniversitätTübingenFederal Republic of Germany

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