Cytokinins may have a role in controlling both bacterial accommodation and tissue differentiation related to nodule formation.
Tag - immunolocalization
Erin Zimmerman
Hornwort stomata walls are not built for movement
Guard cell walls are built to resist bending and deformation to open and close the pore. Pectins provide flexibility and resilience to walls; in particular arabinans and unesterified homo-galacturonans are required for...
Alex Assiry
Aquaporin function and exogenous application of abscisic acid (ABA) to barley roots
Using an immunochemical approach to reveal the link between changes in abscisic acid (ABA) levels, aquaporin function and changes in root cell hydraulic conductivity (LpCell), Sharipova et al. compared the abundance of...
botanyone
Guard cells first, then epidermis
Stomata in the moss Funaria are regularly spaced at the base of the capsule. Merced and Renzaglia describe the patterning and distribution of stomata and how they are coordinated with the formation of substomatal...
AGPs and pectins during cork oak ovule development
Quercus suber is an extremely important forest species in European Western Mediterranean regions, due to its ecological value and economic potential, allowing local sustainable use of natural resources. Although it has...
It’s all about technique
Techniques are at the heart of understanding in botany (and any science, whether it be an –ology or not *). For, as techniques advance so should our understanding – often to the point of over-turning the ‘truth’ that...
Nigel Chaffey
Abscisic acid and seed development in a lady’s slipper orchid
Abscisic acid concentration and distribution during seed development of Cypripedium formosanum serves as the key inhibitor of germination.
A better understanding of wheat gluten
Wheat is the most important food crop in the temperate world, but we know little about the gluten it contains.
AJ Cann
Floral ontogeny and gene protein localization in mapaniid sedges
Poorly known, mapaniid sedges (Cyperaceae, subfamily Mapanioideae) possess unique floral forms, markedly different from stereotypical monocots, and the evolutionary issues of how or why this has occurred have not been...
Protein gradients in wheat endosperm
The starchy endosperm of wheat, Triticum aestivum, has three major components: protein, starch and cell wall polysaccharides, which are are not homogenously distributed across the tissue. Using antibodies for specific...
C4 photosynthesis in genus Cleome
C4 photosynthesis in genus Cleome The genus Cleome (Cleomaceae) includes more than 200 species including one, C. gynandra, that is known to be C4 and two others that are believed to be. Koteyeva et al. show that all...
