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Localization of calcium during somatic embryogenesis of carrot (Daucus carota L.)

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The distribution of free cytosolic Ca2+ was studied during somatic embryogenesis of carrot using confocal scanning laser microscopy with fluo-3 as a fluorescent Ca2+ indicator. Chlorotetracycline fluorescence, antimonate precipitation and proton induced X-ray emission analysis were used as additional methods to confirm the results obtained with fluo-3. The process of embryogenesis was found to coincide with a rise in the level of free cytosolic Ca2+. The level of Ca2+ was low in proembryogenic masses and relatively high in later stages of embryogenesis. The highest signal was found in the protoderm of embryos from the late globular to the torpedo-shaped stage. A gradient in fluorescence intensity was often observed along the longitudinal axis of the embryos. The most conspicuous intracellular signal was found in the nucleus. Other organelles did not take up the dye and were always without fluorescence. The changes in [Ca2+]c are discussed in relation to physiological processes which are known to be important during somatic embryogenesis.

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  1. Department of Plant Cytology and Morphology, Agricultural University Wageningen, Arboretumlaan 4, 6703, BD Wageningen, The Netherlands

    A. C. J. Timmers & J. H. N. Schel

  2. Zellenlehre, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg

    H. -D. Reiss

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg

    J. Bohsung

  4. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg

    K. Traxel

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This article is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Hans-Dieter Reiss.

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Timmers, A.C.J., Reiss, H.D., Bohsung, J. et al. Localization of calcium during somatic embryogenesis of carrot (Daucus carota L.). Protoplasma 190, 107–118 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01281199

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