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. 1970 Sep 1;56(3):297–308. doi: 10.1085/jgp.56.3.297

Effects of Cold Periods on the Stimulus-Response System of Phycomyces

M Petzuch 1, M Delbrück 1
PMCID: PMC2225957  PMID: 5476385

Abstract

The sporangiophores of Phycomyces do not exhibit phototropic responses when growth is arrested reversibly by cooling to 1°C. Unilateral UV stimuli (254 nm) applied during cold periods are stored for at least 2 hr and produce tropic responses away from the light after warm-up. During the cold period dark adaptation proceeds at a rate which decreases with the temperature.

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