Tissue to tissue symplastic communication in the shoots of etiolated corn seedlings

Bernard L. Epel*, Robert S. Bandurski

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Abstract

Carboxyfluorescein, a symplastic probe, was applied to the cut mesocotyl base or coleoptile apex of etiolated Zea mays cv. Silver Queen seedlings and its transport measured and tissue distribution determined. Long‐distance longitudinal symplastic transport of the carboxyfluorescein was mainly in the vascular stele. It moved laterally from the mesocotyl stele to the mesocotyl cortex but the presence of a weak barrier limited the movement. A partial symplastic barrier was also present near the coleoptile‐mesocotyl node.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)604-609
Number of pages6
JournalPhysiologia Plantarum
Volume79
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1990

Keywords

  • Carboxyfluorescein
  • Zea mays.
  • carboxyfluorescein diacetate
  • cell to cell communication
  • maize
  • symplast
  • symplastic domains
  • symplastic subdomains
  • symplastic translocation
  • tissue to tissue communication
  • translocation barriers

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