Published April 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of chilling on protein synthesis in tomato suspension cultures

  • 1. Univ. of Guelph, Ontario (Canada)

Description

The effect of chilling on cell growth, cell viability, protein content and protein composition in suspension cultures of L. esculentum and L. hirsutum was investigated. Cell growth for both species was arrested at 2 degrees C but when cultures were transferred to 25 degree C cell growth resumed. There was no difference in viability between control and chilled cultures of L. esculentum, however, L. hirsutum control cultures exhibited larger amounts of Fluorescein Diacetate induced fluorescence than chilled cultures. 35S-methionine incorporation into proteins was 2.5-2 times higher in L. hirsutum than in L. esculentum. Quantitative and qualitative differences, in 35S-methionine labelled proteins, between chilled and control cultures were observed by SDS-PAGE and fluorography. Protein content in chilled cultures decreased over time but then increased when cultures were transferred to 25 degrees C

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Plant Physiology, Supplement
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
4
Series
Plant Physiol., Suppl.
Journal Page Range
31
ISSN
0079-2241
CODEN
PPYSA