Control of Lactate Dehydrogenase, Lactate Glycolysis, and α-Amylase by O2 Deficit in Barley Aleurone Layers

Abstract
After 4 days in an atmosphere of N2, aleurone layers of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv Himalaya) remained viable as judged by their ability to produce near normal amounts of α-amylases when incubated with gibberellic acid (GA3) in air. However, layers did not produce α-amylase when GA3 was supplied under N2, apparently because α-amylase mRNA failed to accumulate.