ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effects of Calcium and Toxic Metals on RNA Synthesis and Transport in Cortex Cells of Root Meristem of Pisum Sativum L.
More details
Hide details
1
Department of Plant Cytology and Biochemistry, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 1997;6(3):35-40
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Experiments with 3H uridine incorporation showed that a 144-hr treatment with cadmium, chromium or lead, each at a concentration of 10-4 M, as well as the addition of calcium (10-3 M), affected RNA in the nucleolus, nucleoplasm, and cytoplasm in cortex cells of pea root meristem. Disturbances in RNA transport (especially from the nucleolus to the cytoplasm) appearing due to toxic metals and calcium suggest that this RNA was mostly of nucleolar origin.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.