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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | MacAdam, Jennifer W.;
Nelson, Curtis J.;
Sharp, Robert E. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State University; Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri |
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| Title: | Peroxidase activity in the leaf elongation zone of tall fescue I. Spatial distribution of ionically bound peroxidase activity in genotypes differing in length of the elongation zone |
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| Source: | Plant Physiology. Vol. 99, No. 3, July 1992, p. 872-878. |
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| Publishing Information: | Lancaster, PA: American Society of Plant Physiologists |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Peroxidase; Vertical shoot growth; Festuca arundinacea
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Cessation of cell expansion has been associated with cell wall cross-linking reactions catalyzed by peroxidase. This study utilized two genotypes of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) that differ in length of the leaf elongation zone to investigate the relationship between ionically bound peroxidase activity and the spatial distribution of leaf elongation. Peroxidase activity was also localized histochemically in transverse sections of the leaf blade using 3,3'-diaminobenzidine. Soluble or soluble plus ionically bound peroxidase activities were extracted from homogenized segments of the elongating leaf blade and assayed spectrophotometrically. Activity of the ionically bound fraction, expressed per milligram fresh weight or per microgram protein, increased as cells were displace through the distal half of the elongation zone, corresponding to the region in which the elongation rate declined. In both genotypes, the initial increase in activity preceded the onset of growth deceleration by about 10 hours. In the basal region where elongation began, histochemical localization showed that peroxidase activity was found only in vascular tissues. As cells were displaced farther through the elongation zone, peroxidase activity appeared in walls of other longitudinally continuous tissues such as the epidermis and bundle sheaths. Increase in ionically bound peroxidase activity and changes in localization of peroxidase activity occurred at comparable developmental stages in the two genotypes. The results indicate that cessation of elongation followed an increase in cell wall peroxidase activity." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 30 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
MacAdam, J. W., C. J. Nelson, and R. E. Sharp. 1992. Peroxidase activity in the leaf elongation zone of tall fescue I. Spatial distribution of ionically bound peroxidase activity in genotypes differing in length of the elongation zone. Plant Physiol. 99(3):p. 872-878. |
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