title: Flow cytometric identification of two different rhodamine-123-stained mitochondrial populations in maize leaves.
abstract: Flow cytometric analysis of mitochondria isolated from maize leaves revealed two distinct rhodamine-123-stained fluorescence populations distinguishable by their main fluorescence channel. Further microscopic observation of mitochondria stained with Janus Green B and rhodamine-123 revealed the occurrence of differently sized mitochondrial particles. It was shown by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis that the DNA from the isolated mitochondria ranged in size from 45 to 100 kb. These results suggest that different types of mitochondria with different physiological status, mass, and genomic DNA size probably coexist and carry out different physiological functions throughout the whole process of maize leaf growth and development.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Plant Developmental Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China. ljli@whu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jinling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Lijia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020112:Rhodamine 123; D003313:Zea mays / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D018744:DNA, Plant; D020112:Rhodamine 123; C005086:Janus Green B