ArticlePlant physiology2000
Cell division and subsequent radicle protrusion in tomato seeds are inhibited by osmotic stress but DNA synthesis and formation of microtubular cytoskeleton are not.
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- Association of DNA biosynthesis with planting value enhancement in hydroprimed maize seeds.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2021Article
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- Seeds and the Art of Genome Maintenance.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- Germination and the Early Stages of Seedling Development in Brachypodium distachyon.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Article
- Proteomic analysis reveals a role of melatonin in promoting cucumber seed germination under high salinity by regulating energy production.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Comparative Transcriptional Profiling of Primed and Non-primed Rice Seedlings under Submergence Stress.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- Dynamic proteomics emphasizes the importance of selective mRNA translation and protein turnover during Arabidopsis seed germination.Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2014Article
- Complexes of D-type cyclins with CDKs during maize germination.Journal of experimental botany · 2013Article
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- A genetic locus and gene expression patterns associated with the priming effect on lettuce seed germination at elevated temperatures.Plant molecular biology · 2010Article
- A rapid and robust assay for detection of S-phase cell cycle progression in plant cells and tissues by using ethynyl deoxyuridine.Plant methods · 2010Article
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Abstract
We studied cell cycle events in embryos of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv Moneymaker) seeds during imbibition in water and during osmoconditioning ("priming") using both quantitative and cytological analysis of DNA synthesis and beta-tubulin accumulation. Most embryonic nuclei of dry, untreated control seeds were arrested in the G(1) phase of the cell cycle. This indicated the absence of DNA synthesis (the S-phase), as confirmed by the absence of bromodeoxyuridine incorporation. In addition, beta-tubulin was not detected on western blots and microtubules were not present. During imbibition in water, DNA synthesis was activated in the radicle tip and then spread toward the cotyledons, resulting in an increase in the number of nuclei in G(2). Concomitantly, beta-tubulin accumulated and was assembled into microtubular cytoskeleton networks. Both of these cell cycle events preceded cell expansion and division and subsequent growth of the radicle through the seed coat. The activation of DNA synthesis and the formation of microtubular cytoskeleton networks were also observed throughout the embryo when seeds were osmoconditioned. However, this pre-activation of the cell cycle appeared to become arrested in the G(2) phase since no mitosis was observed. The pre-activation of cell cycle events in osmoconditioned seeds appeared to be correlated with enhanced germination performance during re-imbibition in water.
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