Elongation inhibiting

Root elongation inhibited. Roots swollen, necrotic, collapsed, cells multinucleate. 

Inabenfide. [4-Chloro-2-(a-hydroxybenzyl)]-isonicotonanilide) [82211 -24-3] (Inabenfide) (32) is not for use in the United States, but is used in other countries to inhibit the growth of rice plants. The compound is appHed to the soil 40—60 days prior to the heading up of plants, where it is absorbed through the roots and translocated throughout the stem. It inhibits the elongation of the lower intemodes and this stops lodging. It is extremely toxic to fish. 

The growth inhibitory mechanism of the thiocarbamate herbicides, eg, EPTC, butylate, cycloate, diaHate, and triaHate, is not well defined. Cell elongation, rather than cell division, appears to be inhibited (183), although mitotic entry may be inhibited by diaHate (184). Thiocarbamates have a greater effect on shoot than toot tissue (163,184). The weU-documented inhibition of Hpid synthesis by thiocarbamates certainly contributes to the observed inhibitions of cell division and elongation. These compounds may also inhibit gibbereUic acid synthesis (185). 

A different kind of enzyme, translocase [80700-39-6], which transfers a fragment of NAD to the protein—synthesis factor (elongation factor 2), is catalyzed by diphtheria toxin, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis (43). In tumor cells, the rate of protein synthesis is 100 to 1000 times more sensitive to diphtheria toxin than the analogous process in normal cells (41) therefore, diphtheria toxin is selectively toxic to tumor cells. 

Although most /3- lactam antibiotics bind covalently to some or all of the same six proteins, there are decided differences among them in terms of their relative affinities. For example, cefoxitin (see Table 1 for structures) fails to bind to protein 2 while cephacetrile binds very slowly to proteins 5 and 6. Cephaloridine binds most avidly to protein 1, the transpeptidase, and inhibits cell elongation and causes lysis at its minimum inhibitory concentration. On the other hand, cephalexin binds preferentially to protein 3 and causes inhibition of cell division and filament formation (75PNA2999, 77MI51002). 

Gressel and Holm 56) attributed delayed germination of tomato seed and inhibited elongation of the seedling to unidentified ninhydrin-positive compounds present in the seed and foliage of Abutilon theophrasti. 

Diphtheria toxin, Pseudomonas exotoxin A Elongation factor 2 ADP-ribosylation Inhibition of protein synthesis (diphtheria, Pseudomonas infection)... 

Specimens of NR ABS/(Octa -I- AO) heat-treated at 350°-400°C developed brittleness of connected pores, whereas VO ABS (Octa -1- AO -I- EPDM), similarly treated, was tougher with large elongated pores about twice the size of the non-treated specimen. Such behavior suggests an intumescent effect of EPDM, i.e. the development of a thick porous surface layer, inhibiting the diffusion of flammable products of plastic degradation towards the gas phase and heat transfer into the plactic mass. 

Figure 23-3. Biosynthesis of the co9, co6,and co3 families of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Each step is catalyzed by the microsomal chain elongation or desaturase system 1,elongase 2,A desaturase 3,A desaturase 4,A desaturase. ( .Inhibition.)...

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