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The lack of effect of cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate on Avena coleoptile growth
M Edgerton1, M G Cline, M M Rehm
1Department of Botany, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210.
Abstract:
The effects of cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cAMP) on the growth of Avena coleoptile segments over 4 to 10 hours were monitored with a position sensing transducer. At pH 6, cAMP (0.1 mm with and without 2.5 mm glucose; or 2 mm alone) or dibutyryl cAMP (0.1 mm) was added at the beginning of the experiment, or after about 1 hour or after about 6 or 7 hours. Under all conditions tested, cAMP compounds had little or no effect on coleoptile segment elongation. Inasmuch as cAMP does not duplicate the rapid and vigorous elongation obtained with 2 mum auxin, the hypothesis that cAMP is a mediator of auxin activity is not supported by experimental evidence in this system. This conclusion is dependent upon the assumption that the cAMP compounds penetrated the tissue.
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