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Tomato: a crop species amenable to improvement by cellular and molecular methods
Tomato is a crop plant with a relatively small DNA content per haploid genome and a well developed genetics. Plant regeneration from explants and protoplasts is feasable which led to the development of efficient transformation procedures.
In view of the current data, the isolation of useful mutants at the cellular level probably will be of limited value in the genetic improvement of tomato. Protoplast fusion may lead to novel combinations of organelle and nuclear DNA (cybrids), whereas this technique also provides a means of introducing genetic information from alien species into tomato. Important developments have come from molecular approaches. Following the construction of an RFLP map, these RFLP markers can be used in tomato to tag quantitative traits bred in from related species. Both RFLP's and transposons are in the process of being used to clone desired genes for which no gene products are known. Cloned genes can be introduced and potentially improve specific properties of tomato especially those controlled by single genes. Recent results suggest that, in principle, phenotypic mutants can be created for cloned and characterized genes and will prove their value in further improving the cultivated tomato.
Estruturas secretoras da lâmina foliar de amapá amargo (Parahancornia fasciculata, Apocynaceae): histoquímica e doseamento de flavonoides
Amapá amargo (Parahancornia fasciculata (Poir.) Benoist) produz um látex, que se presume ter propriedades medicinais, pois é usado no tratamento da malária, problemas pulmonares, gastrite, e como um agente de cura. Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar estrutural e histoquimicamente os locais de produção e/ou acumúlo de compostos biologicamente ativos, bem como realizar o doseamento de flavonóides presentes no limbo do amapá amargo. Para a análise estrutural e histoquímica foram utilizados protocolos padrão em anatomia vegetal. Considerando que, para o doseamento de flavonóides utilizou-se a espectrometria de absorção na região ultravioleta-visível. O sistema secretor das folhas de amapá amargo é constituído de idioblastos secretores e laticíferos ramificados. Os testes histoquímicos revelaram diferentes tipos de substâncias químicas nos protoplastos celulares de idioblastos e laticíferos. Propriedades farmacológicas do látex de amapa amargo podem ser atribuídas à dois compostos químicos (flavonoides e alcaloides) encontrados neste estudo, ambos estão presentes em idioblastos e laticíferos
Assessing amino acid uptake and metabolism in mammary glands of lactating dairy cows intravenously infused with methionine, lysine, and histidine or with leucine and isoleucine
An in vitro method for assessment of amino acid bidirectional transport and intracellular metabolic fluxes in mammary epithelial cells
Effects of varying extracellular amino acid concentrations on bidirectional amino acid transport and intracellular fluxes in mammary epithelial cells
Effects of varying extracellular amino acid profile on intracellular free amino acid concentrations and cell signaling in primary mammary epithelial cells
A method of assessing essential amino acid availability from microbial and ruminally undegraded protein in lactating dairy cows
Structure-based multiple alignment of extracellular pectate lyase sequences
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