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Cyclic nucleotide content of tobacco BY-2 cells
Helen Richards1, Swadipa Das, Christopher J Smith
1Biochemistry Group, Wallace Building, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
Abstract:
The cyclic nucleotide content of cultured tobacco bright yellow-2 (BY-2) cells was determined, after freeze-killing, perchlorate extraction and sequential chromatography, by radioimmunoassay. The identities of the putative cyclic nucleotides, adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP), guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) and cytidine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic CMP) were unambiguously confirmed by tandem mass spectrometry. The potential of BY-2 cell cultures as a model system for future investigations of cyclic nucleotide function in higher plants is discussed.