ArticleThe Plant cell2008
Analysis of cortical arrays from Tradescantia virginiana at high resolution reveals discrete microtubule subpopulations and demonstrates that confocal images of arrays can be misleading.
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- Regulation of developmental and environmental signaling by interaction between microtubules and membranes in plant cells.Protein & cell · 2016Review
- Stochastic models for plant microtubule self-organization and structure.Journal of mathematical biology · 2015Article
- The connection of cytoskeletal network with plasma membrane and the cell wall.Journal of integrative plant biology · 2015Review
- Microtubules in plants.The arabidopsis book · 2015Article
- Phospholipases may play multiple roles in anisotropic plant cell growth.Protoplasma · 2013Article
- MAP65 coordinate microtubule growth during bundle formation.PloS one · 2013Article
- Phosphatidic acid regulates microtubule organization by interacting with MAP65-1 in response to salt stress in Arabidopsis.The Plant cell · 2012Article
- Single-molecule analysis of the microtubule cross-linking protein MAP65-1 reveals a molecular mechanism for contact-angle-dependent microtubule bundling.Biophysical journal · 2012Article
- The missing link: do cortical microtubules define plasma membrane nanodomains that modulate cellulose biosynthesis?Protoplasma · 2012Article
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- Organisation and regulation of the cytoskeleton in plant programmed cell death.Cell death and differentiation · 2011Review
- Mutations of cellulose synthase (CESA1) phosphorylation sites modulate anisotropic cell expansion and bidirectional mobility of cellulose synthase.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2010Article
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Abstract
Cortical microtubule arrays are highly organized networks involved in directing cellulose microfibril deposition within the cell wall. Their organization results from complex interactions between individual microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins. The precise details of these interactions are often not evident using optical microscopy. Using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, we analyzed extensive regions of cortical arrays and identified two spatially discrete microtubule subpopulations that exhibited different stabilities. Microtubules that lay adjacent to the plasma membrane were often bundled and more stable than the randomly aligned, discordant microtubules that lay deeper in the cytoplasm. Immunolabeling revealed katanin at microtubule ends, on curves, or at sites along microtubules in line with neighboring microtubule ends. End binding 1 protein also localized along microtubules, at microtubule ends or junctions between microtubules, and on the plasma membrane in direct line with microtubule ends. We show fine bands in vivo that traverse and may encircle microtubules. Comparing confocal and electron microscope images of fluorescently tagged arrays, we demonstrate that optical images are misleading, highlighting the fundamental importance of studying cortical microtubule arrays at high resolution.
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