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FROM an examination of the effects of various factors, for example, temperature, external pH, and provision of a suitable nitrogen source on salt absorption and protein synthesis in tissue slices, Steward and Millar1 concluded that the two processes are closely related. The possibility that the relationship is an indirect one through a common dependence on respiratory energy was not at that time excluded. New evidence for a more direct connexion came from the observation that chloramphenicol, which is known to be a specific inhibitor of protein synthesis in microorganisms2 and in higher plants3, also inhibits salt absorption in storage tissue slices4.
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JACOBY, B., SUTCLIFFE, J. Connexion between Protein Synthesis and Salt Absorption in Plant Cells. Nature 195, 1014 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951014a0
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