Article: Actin visualization in living immature pollen of rice using a GFP-mouse talin fusion protein

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TitleActin visualization in living immature pollen of rice using a GFP-mouse talin fusion protein
AuthorsXu, SX1
Wang, LJ1
Qiu, ZP1
Ye, YJ1
Yu, XH1
KeywordsActin
Green fluorescent protein (GFP)
Microfilament
Mouse talin
Oryza sativa
Pollen
Issue Date2002
CitationActa Botanica Sinica, 2002, v. 44 n. 6, p. 642-648 [How to Cite?]
AbstractGreen flourescent protein (GFP) fused to the F-actin binding domain of mouse talin labels the actin cytoskeleton in the immature pollen of stable transformed rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants. Actin microfilaments could be visualized only in the late-developmental stage of the immature pollen. During this developmental stage, microfilaments, initially composed of very short fibrils, develop into a very complex and novel network that sometimes totally and sometimes partially encloses the vegetative nucleus and the spherical shaped generative cell in the central cytoplasm of the immature pollen. The behavior of the actin microfilamentous structure throughout the late-developmental stage of the immature pollen is extremely dynamic, and the likelihood of this structure in generating forces for vegetative nucleus and generative cell movement in the immature pollen has been discussed. No actin filaments were visualized in the spherical generative cells.
ISSN0577-7496
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorXu, SX
dc.contributor.authorWang, LJ
dc.contributor.authorQiu, ZP
dc.contributor.authorYe, YJ
dc.contributor.authorYu, XH
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T06:05:19Z
dc.date.available2010-09-06T06:05:19Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractGreen flourescent protein (GFP) fused to the F-actin binding domain of mouse talin labels the actin cytoskeleton in the immature pollen of stable transformed rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants. Actin microfilaments could be visualized only in the late-developmental stage of the immature pollen. During this developmental stage, microfilaments, initially composed of very short fibrils, develop into a very complex and novel network that sometimes totally and sometimes partially encloses the vegetative nucleus and the spherical shaped generative cell in the central cytoplasm of the immature pollen. The behavior of the actin microfilamentous structure throughout the late-developmental stage of the immature pollen is extremely dynamic, and the likelihood of this structure in generating forces for vegetative nucleus and generative cell movement in the immature pollen has been discussed. No actin filaments were visualized in the spherical generative cells.
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dc.identifier.citationActa Botanica Sinica, 2002, v. 44 n. 6, p. 642-648 [How to Cite?]
dc.identifier.epage648
dc.identifier.hkuros67987
dc.identifier.issn0577-7496
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-0036329819
dc.identifier.spage642
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/68518
dc.identifier.volume44
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher.placeChina
dc.relation.ispartofActa Botanica Sinica
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectActin
dc.subjectGreen fluorescent protein (GFP)
dc.subjectMicrofilament
dc.subjectMouse talin
dc.subjectOryza sativa
dc.subjectPollen
dc.titleActin visualization in living immature pollen of rice using a GFP-mouse talin fusion protein
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong