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Conversion of Proplastids to Amyloplasts in Tobacco Cultured Cells Is Accompanied by Changes in the Transcriptional Activities of Plastid Genes

Atsushi Sakai, Shigeyuki Kawano, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

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When tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultured cells (line BY-2) at the stationary phase were transferred to culture medium that contained cytokinin (benzyladenine) instead of auxin (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), proplastids in the BY-2 cells were converted to amyloplasts within 48 h. The data obtained from in vitro transcription assays using isolated plastid-nucleoids (nuclei) strongly suggested that amyloplast formation in BY-2 cells was accompanied by changes in the transcriptional activities of plastid genes.

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When tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultured cells (line BY-2) at the stationary phase were transferred to culture medium that contained cytokinin (benzyladenine) instead of auxin (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), proplastids in the BY-2 cells were converted to amyloplasts within 48 h. The data obtained from in vitro transcription assays using isolated plastid-nucleoids (nuclei) strongly suggested that amyloplast formation in BY-2 cells was accompanied by changes in the transcriptional activities of plastid genes.

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When tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultured cells (line BY-2) at the stationary phase were transferred to culture medium that contained cytokinin (benzyladenine) instead of auxin (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), proplastids in the BY-2 cells were converted to amyloplasts within 48 h. The data obtained from in vitro transcription assays using isolated plastid-nucleoids (nuclei) strongly suggested that amyloplast formation in BY-2 cells was accompanied by changes in the transcriptional activities of plastid genes.

Key concepts: Amyloplast, Plastid, Nicotiana tabacum, Biology, Gene, Cytokinin, Auxin, Cell biology

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