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The dependence of cytokinin accumulation in the shoot apexes of Arabidopsis plants on the delivery of these hormones from the roots was studied. For the estimation of cytokinin content in the cells, the immunohistochemical localization method using antibodies against zeatin riboside was used. Differential conjugation of free cytokinin bases and their ribosides was used to prevent washing of cytokinins during the dehydration process. Root cutting decreased the immunostaining of zeatin in the cells of the shoot apical meristem, thereby supporting the hypothesis about dependence of cytokinin accumulation in these cells on the hormone delivery from the roots. The level of cytokinins in the cells of the shoot apex decreased under the effect of protonophore, indicating the important role of the secondary-active transmembrane transport process of cytokinins in the maintenance of their level in the cells of the shoot apex.
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Original Russian Text © G.R. Akhiyarova, A.V. Korobova, S.Yu. Veselov, G.R. Kudoyarova, D.S. Veselov, 2018, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 16: Biologiya, 2018, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 208–214.
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Akhiyarova, G.R., Korobova, A.V., Veselov, S.Y. et al. Effects of Root Cutting on Cytokinin Content in the Shoot Apex Cells of Arabidopsis Plants. Moscow Univ. Biol.Sci. Bull. 73, 172–177 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S009639251803001X
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