| Literature DB >> 24408186 |
Abstract
The effect of cytochalasin B, colchicine, coumarin and 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile on cell wall formation and cellular division was studied by light and electron microscopy with tobacco mesophyll protoplasts cultivated in vitro. 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile was found to be the most effective and reversible inhibitor of cell wall formation. The other inhibitors caused irreversible damage and/or inhibited mitosis. In protoplasts cultivated in the presence of 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile the total inhibition of cell wall formation had no effect on nuclear division, but cytokinesis was totally inhibited so that multinucleate protoplasts were obtained.Entities:
Year: 1978 PMID: 24408186 DOI: 10.1007/BF00385074
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Planta ISSN: 0032-0935 Impact factor: 4.116