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. 1970 Jul;46(1):108–112. doi: 10.1104/pp.46.1.108

Respiration and Protein Synthesis in Dormant and After-ripened Seeds of Avena fatua1

Shepley S C Chen a,2, J E Varner a
PMCID: PMC396542  PMID: 16657399

Abstract

Dormant seeds of Avena fatua, which do not germinate when allowed to imbibe water, have a respiration rate only about 20% less than that of imbibed nondormant (after-ripened) seeds in the period before actual germination and are capable of synthesizing protein at a rate comparable to that of the nondormant seeds. An increase of protein synthesis is observed in nondormant seeds at the beginning of root protrusion. Autoradiography of seeds administered 3H-leucine shows that protein synthesis occurs in the axis part of the embryo, the scutellum, the coleorhiza, and the aleurone layer. Dormancy in seeds is not a state of general inactivity; rather, it must be due to some specific metabolic block.

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