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The effect of L-cysteine on presoaked barley seeds treated with methyl methanesulfonate

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Experiments were performed to analyse the effect of L-cysteine on barley seeds treated with methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) at a critical stage of the cellular cycle. Contrary to expectation, L-cysteine did not protect the barley seeds against MMS damage except for a slight protection at high doses (0.5, 0.7%).

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  1. Laboratorio de Mutagenesis, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apdo. Postal 70-233, 20, Mexico, D. F., Mexico

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Acknowledgments. The author is thankful to Dr K. Kartha, Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Canada, and Dr D. Lorence, Washington University, St. Louis, for linguistic revision of the paper.

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Rubluo, A. The effect of L-cysteine on presoaked barley seeds treated with methyl methanesulfonate. Experientia 38, 326–327 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949371

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