Response to copper bromide exposure in Vicia sativa L. seeds: Analysis of genotoxicity, nucleolar activity and mineral profile (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Response to copper bromide exposure in Vicia sativa L. seeds: Analysis of genotoxicity, nucleolar activity and mineral profile (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.06.014 (literal)
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  • Lorenza M. Bellani1, Simonetta Muccifora1, Lucia Giorgetti2 (2014)
    Response to copper bromide exposure in Vicia sativa L. seeds: Analysis of genotoxicity, nucleolar activity and mineral profile
    in Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
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  • Lorenza M. Bellani1, Simonetta Muccifora1, Lucia Giorgetti2 (literal)
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  • 245 (literal)
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  • 107 (literal)
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  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy. 2Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy. (literal)
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  • Response to copper bromide exposure in Vicia sativa L. seeds: Analysis of genotoxicity, nucleolar activity and mineral profile (literal)
Abstract
  • Copper bromide (CuBr2) effects on seed germination and plantlet development of Vicia sativa L. are evaluated through mitotic index, chromosome aberrations, nucleolar activity and mineral profile. CuBr2 induces a significant presence of micronuclei, sticky and c-metaphases, anaphase bridges and chromosome breaks. Increased number of nucleoli and scattering of AgNOR proteins from the nucleolus in the nuclear surface at CuBr2 1 mM and in the cytoplasm at CuBr2 5 mM, goes along with the decrease of root growth. In V. sativa embryo the content of many macro and micronutrients increases up to copper 1 mM in agreement with reserve mobilization while at CuBr2 5 mM some elements are present in lower amount. We hypothesize that inhibitory effects observed at 5 mM are due either to a nutrient shortage or to a direct influence of copper on root cell division, evidenced by low mitotic index, high occurrence of chromosome aberrations and loss of material from the nucleolus. (literal)
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