Lifeact-mEGFP reveals a dynamic apical F-actin network in tip growing plant cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Vidali, Luis ^a   Rounds, Caleb M ^a   Hepler, Peter K ^a   Bezanilla, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; F ACTIN; ACTIN; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LATRUNCULIN B; PHALLOIDIN; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOPHYTE; LILY; MICROFILAMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PLANT CELL; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOBACCO; BRYOPSIDA; CELL POLARITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; POLLEN TUBE; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION;

BRYOPHYTA; LILIUM FORMOSANUM; NICOTIANA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

ACTINS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BRYOPSIDA; CELL POLARITY; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LILIUM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHALLOIDINE; PLANTS; POLLEN TUBE; STAINING AND LABELING; THIAZOLIDINES; TISSUE FIXATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 66749090381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005744     Document Type: Article

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