MicroFilament Analyzer, an image analysis tool for quantifying fibrillar orientation, reveals changes in microtubule organization during gravitropism

Plant Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1045-1058

  Jacques, Eveline ^a   Buytaert, Jan ^a   Wells, Darren M ^b   Lewandowski, Michal ^a   Bennett, Malcolm J ^b   Dirckx, Joris ^a   Verbelen, Jean Pierre ^a   Vissenberg, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; cytoskeleton; FESEM; gravitropism; MicroFilament analyzer; microtubules; technical advance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOSKELETONS; FESEM; GRAVITROPISMS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CYTOLOGY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELLS;

ACTIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; GRAVITROPISM; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT ROOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GRAVITROPISM; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84878798236     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12174     Document Type: Article

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