NUCLEAR MORPHOLOGY AND DNA CONTENT IN THE GLANDULAR TRICHOMES OF PEPPERMINT (MENTHA X PIPERITA L)

Authors
BERTA G DELAPIERRE M MAFFEI M
Citation
G. Berta et al., NUCLEAR MORPHOLOGY AND DNA CONTENT IN THE GLANDULAR TRICHOMES OF PEPPERMINT (MENTHA X PIPERITA L), Protoplasma, 175(3-4), 1993, pp. 85-92
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Cytology & Histology
Journal title
Protoplasma → ACNP
ISSN journal
0033183X
Volume
175
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
85 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-183X(1993)175:3-4<85:NMADCI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Morphometry, microfluorimetry and electron microscopy were used to inv estigate the size, ploidy level, and morphology of the nucleus of the individual cells forming the peltate and capitate glandular trichomes in Mentha x piperita L. Nuclear hypertrophy was observed in the secret ory cells of both kinds of trichomes. This could be explained by polyp loidization and by variations in chromatin structure which may be rela ted to increased transcriptional activity.