RNA synthesis during zoospore germination in the water moldAllomyces arbuscula

Abstract
The major classes of RNA (rRNA, mRNA, tRNA) start to be synthesized simultaenously in the zoospore ofAllomyces soon after the onset of germination. Especially during cyst formation and germ tube emergence, the synthesis of mRNA and tRNA is prominent whereast that of rRNA proceeds slowly. The transcription products of these early stages are needed for the subsequent initiation of hypha formation.