Abstract
Cellular proteins were not synthesized by germinating ascospores of Neurospora tetrasperma until 90 min after spore activation. Nevertheless, immediately after activation these ascospores developed a cyanide-sensitive respiration which increased throughout this 90-min period. At 90 min the respiratory rates accelerated rapidly, protein synthesis was initiated, and transcripts for a subunit of the mitochondrial ATPase, employed here as a representative mRNA, began to accumulate.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 111-115 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1992 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by grams from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM-19398), the United States Department of Agriculture Competitive Research Grants Office (88-37264-4045L and the Bush Foundation.
Keywords
- Ascospore
- Cyanide-sensitive respiration
- Gene expression
- Mitochondrial ATPase
- Neurospora tetrasperma
- Spore germination