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Action of Growth Substances, Chelating Agents and Antibiotics on Isolated Root Protoplasts

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IT was recently shown in this laboratory that one of the properties of isolated root protoplasts was a rapid response to 3-indolylacetic acid, resulting in increased vacuolation and protoplasmic activity1. It has now been found that other growth substances, chelating agents and certain antibiotics invoke a similar response when acting on isolated protoplasts under comparable conditions.

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COCKING, E. Action of Growth Substances, Chelating Agents and Antibiotics on Isolated Root Protoplasts. Nature 193, 998–999 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193998a0

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