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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2015

An improved high-throughput screening assay for tunicamycin sensitivity in Arabidopsis seedlings.

Maggie E McCormack, Xiaoyu Liu, Melissa R Jordan, Karolina M Pajerowska-Mukhtar

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maggie E McCormackDepartment of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA.
Xiaoyu LiuDepartment of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA.
Melissa R JordanDepartment of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA.
Karolina M Pajerowska-MukhtarDepartment of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tunicamycin (Tm) sensitivity assays are a useful method for studies of endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response in eukaryotic cells. While Tm sensitivity and Tm recovery assays have been previously described, these existing methods are time-consuming, labor intensive, and subjected to mechanical wounding. This study shows an improved method of testing Tm sensitivity in Arabidopsis using liquid Murashige and Skoog medium versus the traditional solid agar plates. Liquid medium bypasses the physical manipulation of seedlings, thereby eliminating the risk of potential mechanical damage and additional unwanted stress to seedlings. Seedlings were subjected to comparative treatments with various concentrations of Tm on both solid and liquid media and allowed to recover. Determination of fresh weight, chlorophyll contents analysis and qRT-PCR results confirm the efficacy of using liquid medium to perform quantitative Tm stress assays.

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Arabidopsis thalianachlorophyllER stresshigh-throughput screeningtunicamycinunfolded protein response

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PMID26441998
PMCPMC4562274
OpenAlexW1853814426

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