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During a seven-fold increase in length the content of the coleoptile in photoreversible phytochrome increased four-fold and that of the primary leaf nine-fold. The phytochrome content, during growth, expressed on a fresh- or dry-weight basis did not vary greatly for either organ. Phytochrome per mg dry weight (ΔOD730/mg=0.5) was nearly the same in the leaf as in the coleoptile. Coleoptiles studied had a constant DNA content of 4.1 μg per organ. DNA content of the leaf increased with age. Phytochrome per DNA was much higher in the coleoptile than in the primary leaf and increased with growth in each of these organs. Thus, there was not a constant amount of phytochrome per cell in either tissue with increasing age and there was not the same amount of phytochrome per cell in the coleoptile as in the primary leaf at any age.
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This work was supported in part by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract No. AT (30-I)2373.
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Correll, D.L., Shropshire, W. Phytochrome in etiolated annual rye. Planta 79, 275–283 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386910
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386910