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ArticlePlant physiology2011

Quantification of the brassinosteroid insensitive1 receptor in planta.

G Wilma van Esse, Adrie H Westphal, Ramya Preethi Surendran, Catherine Albrecht, Boudewijn van Veen, Jan Willem Borst, Sacco C de Vries

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Article in Plant physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G Wilma van EsseDepartment of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands. wilma.vanesse@wur.nl
Adrie H Westphal
Ramya Preethi Surendran
Catherine Albrecht
Boudewijn van Veen
Jan Willem Borst
Sacco C de Vries
Wageningen University & Research · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In plants, green fluorescent protein (GFP) is routinely used to determine the subcellular location of fusion proteins. Here, we show that confocal imaging can be employed to approximate the number of GFP-labeled protein molecules present in living Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) root cells. The technique involves calibration with soluble GFP to provide a usable protein concentration range within the confocal volume of the microscope. As a proof of principle, we quantified the Brassinosteroid Insensitive1 (BRI1) receptor fused to GFP, under control of its own promoter. The number of BRI1-GFP molecules per root epidermal cell ranges from 22,000 in the meristem and 130,000 in the elongation zone to 80,000 in the maturation zone, indicating that up to 6-fold differences in BRI1 receptor content exist. In contrast, when taking into account differences in cell size, BRI1-GFP receptor density in the plasma membrane is kept constant at 12 receptors μm⁻² in all cells throughout the meristem and elongation zone. Only the quiescent center and columella cells deviate from this pattern and have 5 to 6 receptors μm⁻². Remarkably, root cell sensitivity toward brassinosteroids appears to coincide with uniform meristem receptor density.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsBlotting, WesternCell SizeGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMeristemMicroscopy, ConfocalOrgan SpecificityPlant EpidermisProtein KinasesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsReproducibility of ResultsSeedlingsArabidopsis ProteinsBRI1 protein, ArabidopsisGreen Fluorescent ProteinsProtein KinasesRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID21617031
PMCPMC3149942
OpenAlexW2123147591

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