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VICKERY et al.1 have shown that after removal from the plant, Nicotiana leaves show a marked increase in the total soluble nitrogen (ammonia, amide and amino-nitrogen) whereas the insoluble protein nitrogen decreases. An attempt has been made in the present work to study, in detail, the amino-acid metabolism in such leaves using the technique of horizontal migration paper chromatography2.
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Vickery, Pucher, Wakeman and Leavenworth, Conn. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull., 407 (1937).
Ranjan, S., Govindjee and Laloraya, M. M., Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 21, B, No. 1 (1955).
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RANJAN, S., LALORAYA, M. Amino-Acid Metabolism of Nicotiana Leaves after Removal from Plant. Nature 177, 235–236 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177235b0
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