
%0 Journal Article
%A R Dwyer, Margaret 
%A M Smillie, Robert 
%T ?-1,3 Glucan: A Source of Carbon and Energy for Chloroplast Development in Euglena A Gracilis
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1971/03/01
%V 24
%N 1
%P 15-22
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9710015
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9710015 
%X The illumination of dark-adapted cells of E. gracilis under non-dividing conditions induced not only the production of chloroplasts but also a rapid breakdown of J3-1,3·glucan, the reserve carbohydrate of this organism. The decrease in ,8-1,3-glucan preceded the synthesis of most of the chlorophyll and was confined to the first 24 hr of illumination, whereas chlorophyll synthesis continued for at least 72 hr. 
