Open AccessINDUCTION OF EUGLENA TRANSFER RNA'S BY LIGHT
Author(s) -
W. Edgar Barnett,
Caroline J. Pennington,
S. A. Fairfield
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.63.4.1261
Subject(s) - euglena gracilis , euglena , transfer rna , chloroplast , mutant , biology , rna , biochemistry , botany , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , gene
Exposure of dark-grown, wild-typeEuglena gracilis to light induces the formation of at least three new chromatographic species of tRNA. Parallel studies with a bleached mutant (W3 BUL) ofEuglena demonstrate that the induction of these new tRNA species is dependent upon the cell's ability to form chloroplasts and rule out the possibility that the new species arise from an effect of light on the tRNA'sper se .