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IN analysis of the sequence of enzyme differentiation it was found that several enzymes are lipid-bound and that tissue differentiation is determined by the distribution of enzymes in a lipid-bound system. During an investigation of unsaturated lipids and the hæmatin enzymes in the endodermis and phloem of plants it was found that there is a functional relation between unsaturated lipids and the enzymes which determine differentiation and development1. Lipotropic agents applied to growing plants changed the pattern of enzyme distribution with resultant changes in tissue differentiation. Ethylene, in concentrations ranging from saturation in water to only a few parts per million, induced changes in lipoprotein. Associated with these changes it was found that the location of the lipids, and associated enzymes that give rise to the endodermis, were changed from normal distribution to new locations.
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VAN FLEET, D. Control of Cellular Differentiation in Plants by the Distribution of Enzymes in a Lipid-bound System. Nature 200, 889 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200889a0
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