Abstract
Phytochrome contents have been assayed in vivo in cell suspension cultures of Petroselinum hortense, Daucus carota and Glycine max. After transferring the cells to fresh medium phytochrome increased in parallel with the increase in cell number, whereas the amount of phytochrome per cell remained constant. The rate of phytochrome reaccumulation after pretreatment with 15 h red light was very similar in all three systems (2.8–3.6 Δ(Δe) 10−5/h). Dark reversion and a fast and slow Pfr destruction were observed in all systems. The rate constants of these reactions varied strongly between the systems. The phytochrome systems of the cell cultures were compared with those of etiolated and light-grown seedlings and it was concluded that the cell suspension cultures of Petroselinum hortense and Daucus carota behaved similarly to light-grown seedlings. In contrast, those of Glycine max behaved similarly to a dark grown seedling.
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Abbreviations
- Pr'fr :
-
red, far-red absorbing forms of phytochrome
- Ptot :
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Pr+Pfr total amount of phytochrome
- fwt:
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fresh weight
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Gottmann, K., Schäfer, E. Comparative studies of the phytochrome system in cell cultures from different plants. Plant Cell Reports 1, 221–224 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270241
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