The dynamics of individual endogenous cytokinins within the growth cycle (subculture interval) of an auxin-dependent and cytokinin-independent cell suspension culture ofNicotiana tabacum L. (strain VBI-0) were determined using high performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay. In cells grown at an optimum auxin concentration the transient maxima of N(6)-(Δ(2)-isopentenyl)adenine and N(6)-(Δ(2)-isopentenyl)-adenosine correlated with the onset of cell division. Cultivation of the cells in a partially auxin-deprived medium resulted in ca. tenfold increase of all endogenous cytokinins. A very distinct maximum of N(6)-(Δ(2)-sopentenyl) adenine appeared at the beginning of subculture. This indicates that a lack of auxin induced an accumulation of cytokinins predominantly in the form of the free bases, which are physiologically more active than the corresponding ribosides.

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