Developmenthal control of telomere lengths and telomerase activity in plants

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Authors

ŘÍHA Karel FAJKUS Jiří ŠIROKÝ Jiří VYSKOT Boris

Year of publication 1998
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference 1st European workshop
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Faculty of Science

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Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords telomere lengths; telomerase activity
Description Telomere lengths and telomerase activity were studied during the development of a model dioecious plant, Melandrium album (syn Silene latifolia). Telomeric DNA consisted of Arabidopsis-type TTTAGGG tandem repeats. The terminal positions of these repeats were confirmed by both Bal31 exonuclease degradation and in situ hybridization. Analysis of terminal restriction fragments in different tissues and ontogenetic stages showed that telomere lengths are stabilized precisely and do not change during plant growth and development. Telomerase activity tested by using a semiquantitative telomerase repeat amplification protocol correlated with cell proliferation in the tissues analyzed.
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