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F-actin in conifer roots
- Source :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 79(9)
- Publication Year :
- 1982
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Abstract
- The distribution of F-actin in the complex tissues of a higher plant organ has been visualized by fluorescence labeling the roots of the conifers Chamaecyparis obtusa and Pseudotsuga menziesii with F-actin-specific fluorescent dye-conjugated phallicidin. F-actin is present in the parenchymatous cells of the vascular tissue. Some vascular parenchyma cells possess larger numbers of F-actin-containing structures (microfilament bundles) than are known to exist in any other higher plant cell. Tissue type appears to be an important determinant of the presence or absence of F-actin in a cell. For example, in contrast to vascular cells, cortical cells show no indication of fluorescence labeling of F-actin after incubation with fluorescent phallicidin. Cytoplasmic streaming is seen only in vascular cells and in a pattern that reflects the intracellular distribution of F-actin.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00278424
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b86e516217efd6e37ad719f4d4f74e65