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. 1974 Jun;53(6):918–927. doi: 10.1104/pp.53.6.918

Corn Mitochondrial Swelling and Contraction—an Alternate Interpretation 1

Carl Malone a, D E Koeppe a, Raymond J Miller a
PMCID: PMC541474  PMID: 16658816

Abstract

Mitochondria isolated from 3-day-old etiolated corn shoots (Zea mays L.) can be categorized into three separate groups, each group characteristic of the cell type from which the mitochondria were isolated. Phloem sieve tubes and some adjacent parenchyma cells contain mitochondria that have few cristae and little amorphous matrix. Mitochondria from meristematic and undifferentiated cells have more cristae and matrix. Vaculate and differentiated cells have mitochondria with well-developed cristae and abundant matrix. Each mitochondrial type exhibits typical in vitro spontaneous swelling and substrate-induced contraction responses. characterized by change or lack of change in cristae size and in density of amorphous material. For the second and third types of mitochondria, swelling and contraction are characterized by a change in degree of cristae size and in matrix density. The first type undergoes few changes upon swelling or contraction. Radical changes of the inner membrane, withdrawal and infolding, are associated with cell differentiation and not with swelling and contraction of isolated corn shoot mitochondria.

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