Appearance and disappearance of proteins in the shoot apical meristem of Sinapis alba in transition to flowering |
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Authors: | D Pierard A Jacqmard G Bernier J Salmon |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, Département de Botanique, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium;(2) Laboratoire d'Immunopathologie, Institut de Pathologie, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liege, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Vegetative plants of Sinapis alba L. grown under short days were induced to flower by exposure to one long day or continuous long days. Irrespective of the number of long days, the first flower primordia were initiated by the shoot apical meristem 60 h after the start of the inductive treatment. An indirect histoimmunofluorescence technique was used to search in the apical meristem for three antigenic proteins which had been previously detected by immunodiffusion tests in the whole apical bud (Pierard et al. (1977) Physiol. Plant. 41, 254–258). One protein called protein A, present in the vegetative meristem, increased in concentration during the first 48 h following the start of the inductive treatment. It stayed constant up to 96 h and disappeared completely at a later time. Two other proteins called B and C, absent in the vegetative meristem, appeared in the meristem of induced plants between 30 and 36 h after the start of the inductive treatment and progressively accumulated at later times up to 240 h. These proteins appeared 8 h before the irreversible commitment of the meristem to produce flower primordia (point of no return) was reached and 24 h before start of flower production. These observations support an interpretation of floral evocation as consisting, at least partially, of an early and qualitative change in gene expression.Abbreviations AVB
anti-vegetative-bud antiserum
- ARB
antireproductive-bud antiserum
- IgG
immunoglobulins G
- TRITC
tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate
- GAR IgG
goat antirabbit IgG
- S0 IgG
non-immune rabbit IgG |
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Keywords: | Flower formation (evocation) Histoimmunofluorescence Protein in floral evocation Shoot meristem Sinapis |
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