Reversible Inhibition of Chloroplast Movement by Cytochalasin B in the Green Alga Mougeotia
- 19 May 1972
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 176 (4036), 808-809
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.176.4036.808
Abstract
Light-oriented chloroplast movement is reversibly inhibited by cytochalasin B. The photoperception is not influenced by this inhibitor. These results support the assumption that contractile protein fibrils are essential for this intracellular movement.Keywords
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