@Article{taiwania19731815, AUTHOR = {Shepley S. C. Chen}, TITLE = {Energy Budgeted for Protein Synthesis in Ciltured Plant Cells}, JOURNAL = {Taiwania}, VOLUME = {18}, YEAR = {1973}, ISSUE = {1}, PAGES = {5-8}, URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/720}, ABSTRACT = {It is estimated that the growing cell culture of sycamore consumes approximately 50% of its metabolic energy for protein synthesis. This finding indicates that (1) the plant cell culture is a highly efficient system in which most of energy obtained from respiration can be accounted for; (2) protein synthesis is indeed an expensive process and needs to be regulated.}, DOI = {10.6165/tai.1973.18.5} }