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Correlations Between Apparent Rates of ent-Kaurene Biosynthesis and Parameters of Growth and Development in Pisum sativum

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Gibberellins

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The extent to which growth and development of plants and their organs are correlated with (a) changes in concentrations of endogenous gibberellins (GAs) and (b) changes in the sensitivity of tissues and organs to GAs is incompletely understood.1–3 Previous work in our laboratories with various cultivars of pea (Pisum sativum L.) has addressed this topic extensively. That research consisted partially of studies of the effects of exogenous GA3 and inhibitors of GA biosynthesis on growth and development. Extensive investigations were performed as well on the biosynthesis of ent-kaurene, the first-formed tetracyclic, diterpenoid precursor in the GA biosynthetic pathway, in cell-free enzyme extracts in relation to certain parameters of growth and development. Reexamination of some of the data from those investigations has enabled the making of some generalizations regarding GA relationships in pea.

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  1. T. C. Moore
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  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Nobutaka Takahashi

  2. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Bernard O. Phinney

  3. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, England

    Jake MacMillan

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Moore, T.C., Coolbaugh, R.C. (1991). Correlations Between Apparent Rates of ent-Kaurene Biosynthesis and Parameters of Growth and Development in Pisum sativum . In: Takahashi, N., Phinney, B.O., MacMillan, J. (eds) Gibberellins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3002-1_18

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