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Developmental Control of Telomere Lengths and Telomerase Activity in Plants

Karel Riha, Jiri Fajkus, Jiri Siroky, Boris Vyskot
Karel Riha
Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Jiri Fajkus
Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Jiri Siroky
Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Boris Vyskot
Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Published October 1998. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.10.10.1691

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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. Highest activity was found in germinating seedlings and root tips, whereas we observed a 100-fold decrease in telomerase activity in leaves and no activity in quiescent seeds. Telomerase also was found in mature pollen grains. Telomerase activity in tissues containing dividing cells and telomere length stability during development suggest their precise control during plant ontogenesis; however, the telomere length regulation mechanism could be unbalanced during in vitro dedifferentiation.

  • Received May 12, 1998.
  • Accepted August 7, 1998.
  • Published October 1, 1998.
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Karel Riha, Jiri Fajkus, Jiri Siroky, Boris Vyskot
The Plant Cell Oct 1998, 10 (10) 1691-1698; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.10.1691

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Karel Riha, Jiri Fajkus, Jiri Siroky, Boris Vyskot
The Plant Cell Oct 1998, 10 (10) 1691-1698; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.10.1691
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