A Putative Calcium-Permeable Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel, CNGC18, Regulates Polarized Pollen Tube Growth

A tip-focused Ca^2＋ gradient is tightly coupled to polarized pollen tube growth, and tip-localized influxes of extracellular Ca^2＋ are required for this process. However the molecular identity and regulation of the potential Ca^2＋ channels remains elusive. The present study has implicated CNGC18 （cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 18） in polarized pollen tube growth, because its overexpression induced wider and shorter pollen tubes. Moreover, CNGC18 overexpression induced depolarization of pollen tube growth was suppressed by lower extracellular calcium （[Ca^2＋]ex）. CNGC18-yellow fluorescence protein （YFP） was preferentially localized to the apparent post-Golgi vesicles and the plasma membrane （PM） in the apex of pollen tubes. The PM localization was affected by tip-localized ROP1 signaling. Expression of wild type ROP1 or an active form of ROP1 enhanced CNGC18-YFP localization to the apical region of the PM, whereas expression of RopGAP1 （a ROP1 deactivator） blocked the PM localization. These results support a role for PM-Iocalized CNGC18 in the regulation of polarized pollen tube growth through its potential function in the modulation of calcium influxes.     

植物细胞固相培养研究进展

模仿植物体内的代谢环境及微生物的发酵培养而建立的植物细胞固相培养技术在有效次生产物,如:药品、香料、甜味剂和食品色素等的商业化生产中有着重大意义. 由于固相培养技术有以下优点,因而在本世纪八十年代取得了迅速发展. (1)固相细胞内紧密接触及细胞的多样性可形成同一结构组织,从而促进合成途径的表达. (2)固相细胞生长在有浓度梯度的营     

皮纹学分析对两组三胞胎卵性诊断的研究

本文以皮纹学指标分析了两组三胞胎的卵性诊断问题。结果表明,指纹类型的差异性,同卵为15％,异卵为60％,十指纹型双手对应性差异,同卵为20％,异卵在55％以上。三胞胎不论同卵还是异卵,比起双胞胎的同卵或异卵,皮纹参数的差异要大一些。     

孟德尔的杂交实验一个母本豌豆植株上同时出现两种颜色籽粒的原因是什么?

种子的颜色是与母本有关还是与父本有关，还是与母本和父本都有关呢?若说杂交产生的种子颜色只与母本有关，那么孟德尔的一个母本豌豆植株上为什么会因父本花粉的不同而同时出现两种颜色的籽粒呢(见现行高中生物必修课本遗传学部分)?若说种子的颜色是由亲本的显性基因决定，那为什么花生等种子的颜色又只由母本决定而与父本无关呢?