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.     

细菌RNA分离试剂盒

Bioscience Technology 2003年7月31页报道：美国Amersham Biosciences公司最近推出GenomiPhi^TM DNA扩增试剂盒。利用这种试剂盒可从有限的生物材料制备高质量的DNA。这是一种简单的等温扩增技术，它不需要使用热循环器。原材料可以是来自全血、颊面拭子、细胞印迹纸、     

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采用两个厂家鲎试剂,对三批供试品(20121201、10121202、20121203)进行了干扰实验。结果表明,本品在有效浓度为1.0mg/ml时,即对细菌内毒素检查无干扰作用。     

硒对金黄滴虫生长谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶及超微结构的影响

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