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DNA synthesis in osmoprimed leek (Allium porrum L.) seeds and evidence for repair and replication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

M. Ashraf  and
C. M. Bray
M. Ashraf
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
C. M. Bray*
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
*
* Correspondence
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Abstract

Osmopriming of leek seeds (Allium porrum L.) in PEG 6000 solution (−10 bars) at 15°C for 14 days leads to reductions in both the spread of germination and mean time to germination, especially in low-vigour seed lots. In vivo methyl [3H]-thymidine pulse-labelling studies have demonstrated constant and low levels of DNA synthesis in leek embryo tissue during the osmopriming treatment. DNA synthesis during osmopriming was not inhibited by aphidicolin, an inhibitor of nuclear DNA replication. Replicative and repair-type DNA synthesis was investigated using BND-cellulose chromatography and these studies revealed that about 30% of the DNA synthesis after 1 day of priming was of a repair-type. DNA repair-type synthesis contributed to approximately 20% of the [3H]thymidine incorporated into DNA during the rest of the priming period in embryo tissue from both high-vigour and low-vigour seed lots. After 1 day of germination following priming, enhanced levels of both replicative and repair-type DNA synthesis were demonstrated. The replicative type of DNA synthesis detected in leek embyros during the priming period was not inhibited by aphidicolin and appears to represent a significant level of mitochondrial DNA synthesis. DNA synthesis could be detected in both nuclei and mitochondria of leek embryo tissue during the osmopriming treatment in the absence of any detectable cell division.

Keywords

Allium porrum L. leek seedsosmoprimingDNArepairreplication
Type
Research Papers
Information
Seed Science Research , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 15 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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Present address: Department of Cell and Structural Biology, Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

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