ArticlePlanta2011
High resolution scanning electron microscopy of plasmodesmata.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Role of Plasmodesmata During Plant-Pathogen Interactions.The plant pathology journal · 2026Review
- Comparative phyloproteomics identifies conserved plasmodesmal proteins.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Article
- Intercellular permeation and cyclosis-mediated transport of a fluorescent probe in Characeae.Biophysical journal · 2023Article
- Plasmodesmata Ultrastructure Determination Using Electron Tomography.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Leaf Plasmodesmata Respond Differently to TMV, ToBRFV and TYLCV Infection.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Plasmodesmata-Related Structural and Functional Proteins: The Long Sought-After Secrets of a Cytoplasmic Channel in Plant Cell Walls.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- The development of a hairless phenotype in barley roots treated with gold nanoparticles is accompanied by changes in the symplasmic communication.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The Metabolite Pathway between Bundle Sheath and Mesophyll: Quantification of Plasmodesmata in Leaves of C3 and C4 Monocots.The Plant cell · 2016Article
- Multi-Scale Characean Experimental System: From Electrophysiology of Membrane Transporters to Cell-to-Cell Connectivity, Cytoplasmic Streaming and Auxin Metabolism.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Review
- Photosynthesis-dependent formation of convoluted plasma membrane domains in Chara internodal cells is independent of chloroplast position.Protoplasma · 2015Article
- Plasmodesmata without callose and calreticulin in higher plants - open channels for fast symplastic transport?Frontiers in plant science · 2014Article
- Evolutionary aspects of non-cell-autonomous regulation in vascular plants: structural background and models to study.Frontiers in plant science · 2014Article
- Arabidopsis mutants in sphingolipid synthesis as tools to understand the structure and function of membrane microdomains in plasmodesmata.Frontiers in plant science · 2014Article
- Regulation of plasmodesmatal permeability and stomatal patterning by the glycosyltransferase-like protein KOBITO1.Plant physiology · 2012Article
- Did silencing suppression counter-defensive strategy contribute to origin and evolution of the triple gene block coding for plant virus movement proteins?Frontiers in plant science · 2012Article
- Dissecting plasmodesmata molecular composition by mass spectrometry-based proteomics.Frontiers in plant science · 2012Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Symplastic transport occurs between neighbouring plant cells through functionally and structurally dynamic channels called plasmodesmata (PD). Relatively little is known about the composition of PD or the mechanisms that facilitate molecular transport into neighbouring cells. While transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides 2-dimensional information about the structural components of PD, 3-dimensional information is difficult to extract from ultrathin sections. This study has exploited high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM) to reveal the 3-dimensional morphology of PD in the cell walls of algae, ferns and higher plants. Varied patterns of PD were observed in the walls, ranging from uniformly distributed individual PD to discrete clusters. Occasionally the thick walls of the giant alga Chara were fractured, revealing the surface morphology of PD within. External structures such as spokes, spirals and mesh were observed surrounding the PD. Enzymatic digestions of cell wall components indicate that cellulose or pectin either compose or stabilise the extracellular spokes. Occasionally, the PD were fractured open and desmotubule-like structures and other particles were observed in their central regions. Our observations add weight to the argument that Chara PD contain desmotubules and are morphologically similar to higher plant PD.
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