%0 Journal Article
%A Shepley S. C. Chen
%T Energy Budgeted for Protein Synthesis in Ciltured Plant Cells
%D 1973
%J Taiwania
%V 18
%N 1
%P 5-8
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/720
%X 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.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.1973.18.5