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Biochemical Aspects of Parasitism by the Angiosperm Parasites: Changes in Nucleic Acid Content of Infected Hosts
Author(s) -
Setty Pravi.,
Beg M. U.,
Singh Madhav,
Krishnan P. S.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1969.tb07429.x
Subject(s) - cuscuta , biology , nucleic acid , parasitism , rna , phosphoprotein , dna , botany , parasitic plant , host (biology) , phosphate , haustorium , orobanche , biochemistry , parasite hosting , ecology , phosphorylation , germination , gene , world wide web , computer science
The acid‐insoluble phosphate in the tissues of three species of Cuscuta and of Orobanche cernua and in the infected hosts has been fractionated into phospholipids, RNA, DNA and phosphoprotein. Infection by parasites was attended, in general, by a decrease in RNA and an increase in DNA.