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THE effects of the inhibitors, D-threo-chloramphenicol and cycloheximide, on protein synthesis have been studied in several systems. In tissues of green plants, differential effects have been thought to be due to a preferential inhibition by chloramphenicol of protein synthesis mediated by 70S ribosomes as found in chloroplasts, while cycloheximide inhibits syntheses mediated by 80S cytoplasmic ribosomes1–3 to a greater extent. We wish to report the effects of the two inhibitors on light-stimulated formation of anthocyanins and chlorophyll and on protein composition during the growth of excised radish hypocotyls.
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BILLINGTON, R., HEYES, J. Effects of Inhibitors on Light-stimulated Synthesis in Radish Hypocotyl. Nature 227, 858–860 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227858a0
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