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The biochemistry of angiosperm pollen development

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Recent work concerning the regulation of pollen and pollen tube development at the biochemical level in angiosperms has been reviewed, commencing with the microspore immediately after meiosis and terminating with the entry of the pollen tube into the embryo sac. Some of the topics that have been considered are, (1) the role of the tapetum in pollen development, (2) gene activity in the microspore and pollen grain prior to anthesis, (3) DNA synthesis in the microspore and pollen tube, (4) the types of RNA and protein synthesized in the pollen tube including the biochemistry of the vegetative and generative nuclei and finally, (5) the interactions between pollen and pistil after pollination.

Zusammenfassung

Das neue Werk in Bezug auf die Regulierung der Entwicklung von Pollenschlauchen wird in diesem Beitrag gemustert. Die Entwicklung wird behandelt von das Stadium der Mikrosporen bis zu den Eintritt des Pollenschlauchs in den Embryonalen Sack.

Zu besonders werden die folgenden Themen besprochen:

  1. 1.

    der Einfluss des Tapetums auf die Pollen entwicklung

  2. 2.

    die Aktivität der Genen in Mikrosporen und in Pollen

  3. 3.

    die Synthese von DNS in Mikrosporen und in Pollenschlauchen

  4. 4.

    die arten von RNA und Proteinen synthetisiert in den Pollenschlauchen und die Biochemie der vegetativen und generativen Kernen

  5. 5.

    die Wechselwirkung zwischen Pollen und Stempel nach die Bestäubung.

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