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Cell Cycle Activity and β-Tubulin Accumulation During Dormancy Breaking of Acer platanoides L. seeds

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Biologia Plantarum

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Cell cycle events in embryo axes of Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) seeds were studied during dormancy breaking by flow cytometric analyses of the nuclear DNA content and by immunodetection of β-tubulin. Most embryonic nuclei of dry, fully matured seeds were arrested in the G2 phase of the cell cycle. In addition, the lowest content of β-tubulin was detected in dry, mature seeds. Imbibition in water and cold stratification resulted in a decrease in the number of nuclei in G2, and a simultaneous increase in β-tubulin content. In germinated seeds the content of β-tubulin was the highest and the number of cells in G2 was the lowest. Both cell cycle events preceded cell expansion and division and subsequent growth of the radicle through the seed coat. The anatomical investigation has proved that the main reason for decrease in the number of nuclei in G2 is mitosis, started with seeds germination (radicle protrusion). The activation of the cell cycle and the β-tubulin accumulation were associated with embryo dormancy breaking.

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  1. Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Parkowa 5, PL-62035, Kórnik, Poland

    T.A. Pawłowski

  2. Plant Research International, Plant Development and Reproduction, NL-6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J.H.W. Bergervoet, R.J. Bino & S.P.C. Groot

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Pawłowski, T., Bergervoet, J., Bino, R. et al. Cell Cycle Activity and β-Tubulin Accumulation During Dormancy Breaking of Acer platanoides L. seeds. Biologia Plantarum 48, 211–218 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIOP.0000033447.27149.85

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