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Using selective extraction and diethylene glycol distearate embedment and embedment-free electron microscopy, we demonstrated nuclear lamina-like structures in sperm cells ofGinkgo biloba. A well-organized nuclear matrix network was also observed. Further studies were undertaken to determine whether or not lamin-like components exist in the pollen and sperm cells. Immunofluorescence staining using monoclonal antibodies against different animal lamins revealed lamins localized in the nuclear compartment of the sperm cells. Western blotting showed that in pollen grains there are two positive crossreaction bands at 66 kDa and 86 kDa, recognized by antibodies specific to animal lamins; in sperm cells there was only one, at 66 kDa. These results indicate that nuclear lamina containing both A-type and B-type lamins was present in male generative cells ofG. biloba. The data imply that plant lamins share some homology with animal lamins and may be conserved during evolution.
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Wang, J., Yang, C. & Zhai, Z.H. The nuclear lamina in male generative cells ofGinkgo biloba . Sexual Plant Reprod 9, 238–242 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02173105
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