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Live confocal imaging of petal conical cells in Arabidopsis thaliana
Floral petals of nearly 79% of angiosperm species contain conical epidermal cells that are thought to influence light capture and reflectance, and provide pollinator grips, but the mechanisms controlling conical cell morphogenesis are poorly understood. Using a live confocal imaging approach, we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, the spatio-temporal organization of microtubule arrays plays crucial roles in controlling conical cell morphogenesis. The image shows well-ordered microtubule arrays in conical cells expressing GFP-Tubulin6, and the side visualization of conical cells from the propidium iodide-stained petals. See Ren, Dang et al.
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Image Credit: Deshu Lin, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Citation: (2017) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 13(6) June 2017. PLoS Genet 13(6): ev13.i06. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v13.i06
Published: June 30, 2017
Copyright: © 2017 Deshu Lin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Floral petals of nearly 79% of angiosperm species contain conical epidermal cells that are thought to influence light capture and reflectance, and provide pollinator grips, but the mechanisms controlling conical cell morphogenesis are poorly understood. Using a live confocal imaging approach, we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, the spatio-temporal organization of microtubule arrays plays crucial roles in controlling conical cell morphogenesis. The image shows well-ordered microtubule arrays in conical cells expressing GFP-Tubulin6, and the side visualization of conical cells from the propidium iodide-stained petals. See Ren, Dang et al.
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Image Credit: Deshu Lin, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University