STRUCTURAL CHANGES OCCURRING IN NUCLEI OF BARLEY ROOT CELLS IN RESPONSE TO A COMBINED EFFECT OF SALINITY AND AGEING |
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| Authors: | E Werker Lerner R Weimberg A Poljakoff-Mayber |
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| Institution: | Department of Botany, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 91904, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Electron microscopic observations of epidermal and cortical cells of the root tips of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grown in 192 mm NaCl and aged in 192 mm NaCl + 0.2 mm CaSO4 revealed marked condensation of chromatin in the nuclei which was not observed in freshly cut tissue grown in the presence of 192 mM NaCl. Other changes due to salinity were observed, such as the increase of the number of ribosomes and of mitochondria and the appearance of translucent areas in slightly swollen mitochondria. The mechanism by which the nuclear changes occurred or their meaning for cell function are not understood. |
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