Abstract
Measurements were made over a 4-day period of the effect of added indoleacetic acid (IAA), puromycin, actinomycin D and 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (FUdR) on growth and the levels of total DNA, RNA, protein and cellulase in segments of tissue at the apex of decapitated etiolated epicotyls of Pisum sativum, L. var. Alaska.
The hormone induced swelling of parenchyma cells and cell division. By 3 days after IAA application, the amounts of DNA and protein were approximately double, RNA triple and cellulase 12 to 16 times the levels in controls. All of these changes were prevented by both puromycin and actinomycin D. FUdR prevented DNA synthesis and cell division but not swelling or synthesis of RNA, protein and cellulase.
It is concluded that IAA-induced RNA synthesis is required for cellulase synthesis and lateral cell expansion, whether or not cell division takes place.
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