The translational apparatus of Tortula ruralis: polysomal retention of transcripts encoding the ribosomal proteins RPS14, RPS16 and RPL23 in desiccated and rehydrated gametophytes

• Published in: Journal of experimental botany Vol. 51; no. 351; pp. 1655 - 1662
• Main Authors: Wood, Andrew J., Joel Duff, R., Oliver, Melvin J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.10.2000; OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Bryopsida - genetics; Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology; Cell biochemistry; Cell physiology; Complementary DNA; Desiccation; EST; expressed sequence tag; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gametophytes; Messenger RNA; Molecular and cellular biology; Molecular genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; moss; Mosses; open reading frame; Oral rehydration; ORF; Phylogeny; Plant physiology; Plant physiology and development; Plants; Protein Biosynthesis; ribosomal protein; Ribosomal proteins; Ribosomal Proteins - chemistry; Ribosomal Proteins - genetics; Ribosomes; RNA; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; RPL23 protein; RPS14 protein; RPS16 protein; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Tortula ruralis; translation; Translation. Translation factors. Protein processing; Musci; Ribosome; Desiccation; Biological model; Bryophyta; Ribosomal protein; Characterization; Drought resistance; Protein synthesis; Gametophyte; Rehydration; Translating; Experimental plant; Molecular cloning; Polysome; Aminoacid sequence

Tortula ruralis (Syntrichia ruralis) is an important model system for the study of plant vegetative desiccation tolerance. One of the most intriguing aspects of desiccation-tolerant plants is the maintenance of key cellular components in stable and viable forms in the desiccated state, particularly...