RNA and Protein Synthesis in Storage Tissues

Whereas RNA and protein synthesis in embryonic axes precedes and accompanies cell enlargement, division and differentiation, the development of enzymatic activity in storage organs occurs in the absence of such changes. Protein and RNA metabolism in storage organs is nevertheless a complex process, for synthesis and/or activation of hydrolytic enzymes to mobilize and modify reserves is accompanied by catabolism of other (stored) protein and RNA. For an account of those events associated with reserve degradation and hydro- 

Not all regions of a storage organ necessarily exhibit the same pattern of metabolism during and after imbibition. For example, nuclear RNA appears 

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