Protein banding patterns in some American and European species of Cetraria

• Published in: The Bryologist Vol. 94; no. 3; pp. 261 - 269
• Main Author: Mattsson, J.E. (University of Lund, Lund, Sweden)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fairfax, VA American Bryological and Lichenological Society 1991
• Subjects: ACID PHOSPHATASE; ACTIVIDAD ENZIMATICA; ACTIVITE ENZYMATIQUE; ALASKA; Algae; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANATOMIA DE LA PLANTA; ANATOMIE VEGETALE; Biological and medical sciences; CANADA; Cetraria; CHAMPIGNON; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHIMIOTAXONOMIE; CLADISTIC METHODS; Cladistics; COLORADO; Enzymes; ENZYMIC ACTIVITY; ESPECE; ESPECIES; EXTRACTOS VEGETALES; EXTRAIT D'ORIGINE VEGETALE; FOSFATASA ACIDA; FOSFATASA ALCALINA; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; FUNGI; Gels; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; HONGOS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTROFOCALISATION; ISOELECTROFOQUE; Lichenology; Lichens; METHODE; METHODS; METODOS; NORUEGA; NORVEGE; NORWAY; PHOSPHATASE ACIDE; PHOSPHATASE ALCALINE; Phosphatases; PLANT ANATOMY; Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution; Plant evolution; PLANT EXTRACTS; Principal components analysis; PROTEIN BANDING TECHNIQUES; PROTEINAS; PROTEINE; PROTEINS; QUIMIOTAXONOMIA; SPECIES; Specimens; STAINING; SUECIA; SUEDE; SWEDEN; Taxa; THALLUS; North America; Scandinavia; Europe; America; Canada; USA; Alkaline phosphatase; Statistical analysis; Enzyme; Cladism; Biological evolution; Phylogeny; Binding protein; Enzymatic activity; Isoelectrical focusing; Geographic distribution; Lichenes; Acid phosphatase; Thallophyta; Coloration
• DOI: 10.2307/3243963
• EISSN: 1938-4378
• ISSN: 0007-2745; 1938-4378

Extracts of thalli of Cetraria alvarensis (Wahlenb.) Vain., C. tilesii Ach., C. juniperina (L.) Ach., C. nivalis (L.) Ach. and C. pinastri (Scop.) S. F. Gray, from several localities in Scandinavia and North America, were subjected to isoelectric focusing and stained for general proteins and for activity of alkaline phosphatase and acid phosphatase. Results of principal component analysis, hierarchical clustering, and cladistic methods show affinities between specimens from the same continent but rather large differences within populations. The differences between American and Scandinavian specimens of C. pinastri suggest a polyphyletic origin of this species.