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求救翻譯 To determine whether calcium oxalate formation plays a role in regulating calcium transport to low transpiring organs such as seeds, the calcium, oxalate, and calcium oxalate crystal accumulation profiles were assessed in the different plant organs of M. truncatula wild-type and cod5. Microscopic examination of wildtype tissues revealed a spatial distribution pattern of prismatic calcium oxalate crystal formation in the cells adjacent to the vascular bundles in stems, leaves, and pods. Such a spatial pattern of crystal deposition is consistent with calcium oxalate formation as a mechanism to restrict calcium transport to low transpiring plant organs such as seeds [discussed in 16]. The cod5 mutant is devoid of prismatic crystal formation and thus did not show this pattern of crystal accumulation. If calcium oxalate crystal accumulation in the cells adjacent to the xylem stream functions in regulating long distance calcium transport from the roots to the seeds one would predict that removal of this mechanism would result in seeds with increased calcium content. A comparison of the calcium content of wild-type and cod5 seeds revealed a 60% increase in cod5 seed calcium. Although this increase is significant, a larger increase would have been expected based on the estimated amount of calcium that would be “remobilized” through the prevention of prismatic crystal formation. To determine if the “remobilized” calcium was being partitioned to the other plant tissues, calcium measurements were conducted on cod5 roots, stems, leaves, and pods. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.33.42.206