The Effects of Benzyladenine on the Accumulation of Messenger RNAs That Encode the Large and Small Subunits of Ribulose-l,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/oxygenase and Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b Protein in Excised Cucumber Cotyledons

Benzyladenine promoted rapid accumulation of mRNAs that encoded the small subunit of ribulose-l,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) and light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein in etiolated cucumber cotyledons, but only after prior incubation of the cotyledons in water. However, benzyladenine hardly affected the level of mRNA for the large subunit of RuBisCO.