SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AT INFECTION SITES OF SOYBEAN ROOTS PARASITIZED BY HETERODERA-GLYCINES
SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AT INFECTION SITES OF SOYBEAN ROOTS PARASITIZED BY HETERODERA-GLYCINES
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DOI:
10.1094/phyto-61-395
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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影响因子:
3.2
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ENDO, BY
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ENDO, BY
Syncytia induced in soybean roots by the soybean cyst nematode are characterized by the presence of numerous enlarged nuclei in a mass of dense cyto-plasm. Observations of infected root sections made during various stages of nematode development show that syncytial nuclei are relatively quiescent in terms of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis. However, tritiated thymidine was incorporated in nuclei of syncytia located in both the cortical and vascular regions of infected roots. A primary site of DNA synthesis in a developing syncytium was at the leading edge of the syncytium. Nuclei of cells in this transitional zone showed high* H-methylthymidine uptake, signifying sites of active DNA synthesis. Phytopathology 61: 395-399.The localization of nucleic acid synthesis in syncytia induced by Heterodera glycines has not been reported. In the related Meloidogyne genus of the family Heteroderidae, studies have shown that syncytia induced by the root knot nematode cause obvious nuclear changes that can be correlated with the synthesis of DNA and RNA (14). It is well established that syncytia induced by species of Meloidogyne contain nuclei that undergo karyokinesis at various stages of enlargement (9). Incomplete karyokinesis without cytokinesis can give rise to the polyploid cells described by various workers (2, 7, 9, 12). In addition to direct evidence of polyploidy through chromosome counts (7), labeled precursors of DNA and RNA were used to demonstrate sites of synthesis of these nucleic acids (14). Further evidence for an increase in the levels of nucleic acids was provided through the use of specific stains for DNA and RNA (1).