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2004

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Full-Text Articles in Botany

Growth Rate Gradients And Extracellular Ph In Roots: How To Control An Explosion, Winfried S. Peters May 2004

Growth Rate Gradients And Extracellular Ph In Roots: How To Control An Explosion, Winfried S. Peters

Winfried S. Peters

This paper has no abstract; this is the first paragraph. As plant growth is restricted to defined zones of growing organs, the methodologically consistent analysis of spatial growth rate patterns in organ growth zones is prerequisite for studies into the regulation of cell growth in situ (Silk, 1984). The elongation zones at the tips of growing roots are classical objects of kinematic growth analysis, which aims at the quantitative description of growth rate gradients (Erickson & Sax, 1956). Root growth zones were generally believed to be characterized by growth rates that change gradually along bell-shaped growth gradients (Erickson & Sax, …

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Forisomes, A Novel Type Of Ca2+-Dependent Contractile Protein Motor [Review Article], Michael Knoblauch, Winfried Peters Apr 2004

Forisomes, A Novel Type Of Ca2+-Dependent Contractile Protein Motor [Review Article], Michael Knoblauch, Winfried Peters

Winfried S. Peters

This paper has no abstract; this is the first paragraph. Motility of cell components in both animal and plant cells is mostly based on the movement of motor proteins along actin filaments or microtubules [Boal, 2002]. The dominance of ATP hydrolysis as the energy source for such movements is so complete, that modern textbooks define “motor proteins” as nucleoside triphosphate-dependent actuators [e.g., Alberts et al., 2002]. In only one known case, a reversible mechanism of cell motility is driven by the interaction of Ca2+ and the responsive protein(s). Some sessile ciliates control the effective length of their stalk by means …

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The Genus Spiroplasma And Its Non-Helical Descendants: Phylogenetic Classification, Correlation With Phenotype And Roots Of The Mycoplasma Mycoides Clade, Gail E. Gasparich, Robert F. Whitcomb, Deborah Dodge, Frank E. French, John Glass, David L. Williamson Jan 2004

The Genus Spiroplasma And Its Non-Helical Descendants: Phylogenetic Classification, Correlation With Phenotype And Roots Of The Mycoplasma Mycoides Clade, Gail E. Gasparich, Robert F. Whitcomb, Deborah Dodge, Frank E. French, John Glass, David L. Williamson

Gail Gasparich

The genus Spiroplasma (helical mollicutes: Bacteria: Firmicutes: Mollicutes: Entomoplasmatales: Spiroplasmataceae) is associated primarily with insects. The Mycoplasma mycoides cluster (sensu Weisburg et al. 1989 and Johansson and Pettersson 2002 ) is a group of mollicutes that includes the type species – Mycoplasma mycoides – of Mycoplasmatales, Mycoplasmataceae and Mycoplasma. This cluster, associated solely with ruminants, contains five other species and subspecies. Earlier phylogenetic reconstructions based on partial 16S rDNA sequences and a limited sample of Spiroplasma and Mycoplasma sequences suggested that the genus Mycoplasma was polyphyletic, as the M. mycoides cluster and the grouping that consisted of the hominis and …

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Clonal Propagation Of Dalbergia Sissoo Roxb. By Softwood Nodal Cuttings: Effects Of Genotypes, Application Of Iba And Position Of Cuttings On Shoots, Azamal Husen Dr. Jan 2004

Clonal Propagation Of Dalbergia Sissoo Roxb. By Softwood Nodal Cuttings: Effects Of Genotypes, Application Of Iba And Position Of Cuttings On Shoots, Azamal Husen Dr.

Dr. Azamal Husen

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Growth Performance Of Datura Innoxia Mill. Under The Stress Of Coal-Smoke Pollution, Azamal Husen, Muhammad Iqbal Jan 2004

Growth Performance Of Datura Innoxia Mill. Under The Stress Of Coal-Smoke Pollution, Azamal Husen, Muhammad Iqbal

Dr. Azamal Husen

One-year-old plants of Datura innoxia growing in natural condition in the Hamdard University campus, New Delhi (normal site) and around the Badarpur thermal power plant, New Delhi (polluted site), were studied and compared for their vegetative growth and pollen viability. The power plant emits 1450 tonnes fly ash and 100 tonnes sulphur dioxide per day. Significant variation was found in plant growth, biomass and pollen viability of the two population. The shoot growth was reduced at the polluted site but the root length, the number of branches and the plant biomass were increased, compared to the control. Pollen viability declined …

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