简介：Thisreviewbeginswithabriefcommentaryonthediversityofplacentationmechanisms,andthengoesontoexaminetheextensivealterationswhichoccurintheplasmamembraneofuterineepithelialcellsduringearlypregnancyacrossspecies.Ultrastructural,biochemicalandmoregeneralmorphologicaldatarevealthatstrikinglycommonphenomenaoccurinthisplasmamembraneduringearlypregnancydespitethediversityofplacentaltypes-fromepitheliochorialtohemochorial,whichultimatelyformindifferentspecies.Toencapsulatetheconceptthatcommonmorphologicalandmolecularalterationsoccuracrossspecies,thattheyarefoundbasolaterallyaswellasapically,andthatmoreovertheyareanongoingprocessduringmuchofearlypregnancy,notjustaneventatthetimeattachment,braneduringearlypregnancyarekeytouterinereceptivity.

简介：Plasmamembrane(PM)Ca^2+-ATPaseactivityinpoplarapicalbudmeristematiccellsduringshort-day(SD)-induceddormancydevelopmentwasexaminedbyaceriumprecipitationEM-cytochemicalmethod.Ca^2+-ATPaseactivity,indicatedbythestatusofceriumphosphateprecipitatedgrains,waslocalizedmainlyontheinteriorface(cytoplasmicside)ofthePMwhenplantsweregrownunderlongdaysandreachedadeepdormancy.Afewreactionproductswerealsoobservedonthenuclearenvelope.Whenplantbudsweredevelopingdormancyafter28to42dofSDexposure,almostnoreactionproductswerepresentontheinteriorfaceofthePM.Incontrast,alargenumberofceriumphosphateprecipitatedgrainsweredistributedontheexteriorfaceofthePM.After70dofSDexposure,whenbudshaddevelopedadeepdormancy,thereactionproductsofCa^2+-ATPaseactivityagainappearedontheinteriorfaceofthePM.TheresultsseemedsuggestingthattwokindsofCa^2+-ATPasesmaybepresentonthePMduringtheSD-induceddormancyinpoplar.OneistheCa^2+-pumpingATPase,whichislocatedontheinteriorfaceofthePM,formaintainingandrestoringtheCa^2+homeostasis.Theothermightbeandecto-Ca^2+-ATPase,whichislocatedontheexteriorfaceofthePM,fortheexocytosisofcellwallmaterialsassuggestedbythefactofthecellwallthickeningduringthedormancydevelopmentinpoplar.