DEVELOPMENT OF ALEURONE AND SUB-ALEURONE-LAYERS IN MAIZE
DEVELOPMENT OF ALEURONE AND SUB-ALEURONE-LAYERS IN MAIZE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00388149
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
STYLES, ED
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作者:
KYLE, DJ;STYLES, ED
EM studies indicate that the aleurone tissue of maize (Zea mays L.) starts developing approximately 10-15 days after pollination in stocks that take approximately 40 days for the aleurone to mature completely. Development begins when specialized endosperm cells adjacent to the maternal nucellar layer start to differentiate. Differentiation is characterized by the formation of aleurone protein bodies and spherosomes. The protein bodies of the aleurone layer have a vacuolar origin whereas the protein bodies of the immediate underlying endosperm cells appear to develop from protrusions of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Thus, 2 morphologically and developmentally distinct types of protein bodies are present in these adjacent tissues. The spherosomes of the aleurone layer form early in the development of this tissue and increase in number as the tissue matures. During the final stages of maturation, these spherosomes become closely apposed to the aleurone grains and the plasma membrane. No further changes are apparent in the structure of the aleurone cells after 40 days from pollination when the caryopsis begins to desiccate.