The plant cytoskeleton
... is stained by immuno-cytolocalization and imaged by confocal microscopy.
Microtubules (Taxol-treated corn roots): | Developing Chara spermatozoids | Developing Chara oocyte |
Antheridial shield cell | T. cacao embryos | Chara spermatozoids |
Some papers:
Hasenstein KH, Blancaflor EB, Lee JS (1999) The
microtubule cytoskeleton does not integrate auxin transport and gravitropism in maize
roots. Physiologia Plantarum 105: 729-738 Blancaflor E, Hasenstein KH (1995a) Time course and auxin sensitivity of cortical microtubule reorientation in maize roots. Protoplasma 185: 72-82 Blancaflor E, Hasenstein KH (1995b) Growth and microtubule orientation of maize roots subjected to osmotic stress. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156: 794-802 Blancaflor E, Hasenstein KH (1997) The organization of the actin cytoskeleton in vertical and graviresponding primary roots of maize. Plant Physiology 113: 1447-1455 Baluška F, Hasenstein KH. (1997) Root Cytoskeleton: its Role in Perception of and Response to Gravity. Planta 203: S69-S78 Blancaflor EB, Hasenstein KH (2000) Methods for detection and identification of F actin in fixed and permeabilized plant tissues ln Actin: A Dynamic Framework for Multiple Plant Cell Functions, CJ Staiger, F Baluška, D Volkmann & P Barlow (eds) Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 601-618 Liu M, Hasenstein KH (2005) La3+ uptake and its effect on the cytoskeleton in root protoplasts of Zea mays L. Planta 220: 658-666 Jin Q, Scherp P, Heimann K, Hasenstein KH (2008) Auxin and cytoskeletal organization in algae. Cell Biology International 32: 542-545 Jin Q, Hasenstein KH (2008) Cytoskeletal changes during spermatogenesis in Chara antheridia In: The Plant Cytoskeleton: A Key Tool for Agro-biotechnology Editors: Y Blume, W Baird, D Breviario and A Yemets. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, ISBN- 978-1-40208842-1, 476pp; p129-142. |