Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material
4.2. Methylene Blue-Staining for Detection of Cuticular Pores
4.3. Test for Proteases
4.4. FITC-BSA Staining to Test for Endocytosis and Uptake
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Cuticular Pores | Digestive Enzymes | Endocytosis |
---|---|---|---|
S. purpurea ssp. purpurea | + | - | - |
S. purpurea ssp. venosa | + | - | - |
S. rosea | + | - | - |
S. psittacina | + | + | - |
S. flava var. flava | + | - | - |
S. leucophylla | + | + | + |
S. minor var. minor | + | + | + |
S. oreophila | + | + | + |
S. alabamensis | + | + | - |
Heliamphora nutans | + | + | - |
Darlingtonia californica | + | + | - |
Digestion Lacking | Digestion Present | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Endocytosis lacking | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Endocytosis present | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 4 | 7 | 11 |
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Koller-Peroutka, M.; Krammer, S.; Pavlik, A.; Edlinger, M.; Lang, I.; Adlassnig, W. Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae. Plants 2019, 8, 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100367
Koller-Peroutka M, Krammer S, Pavlik A, Edlinger M, Lang I, Adlassnig W. Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae. Plants. 2019; 8(10):367. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100367
Chicago/Turabian StyleKoller-Peroutka, Marianne, Stefanie Krammer, Anselm Pavlik, Manfred Edlinger, Ingeborg Lang, and Wolfram Adlassnig. 2019. "Endocytosis and Digestion in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants of the Family Sarraceniaceae" Plants 8, no. 10: 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100367