A GFP-mouse talin fusion protein labels plant actin filaments in vivo and visualizes the actin cytoskeleton in growing pollen tubes

Kost B, Spielhofer P, Chua NH (1998)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 1998

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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 16

Pages Range: 393-401

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00304.x

Abstract

The C-terminus of mouse talin (amino acids 2345-2541) is responsible for all of the protein's f-actin binding capacity. Unlike full-length talin, the C-terminal f-actin binding domain is unable to nucleate actin polymerization. Mle have found that transient and stable expression of the talin actin-binding domain fused to the C-terminus of the green fluorescent protein (GFP-mTn) can visualize the actin cytoskeleton in different types of living plant cells without affecting cell morphology or function. Transiently expressed GFP-mTn co-localized with rhodamine-phalloidin in permeabilized tobacco BY-2 suspension cells, showing that the fusion protein can specifically label the plant actin cytoskeleton. Constitutive expression of GFP-mTn in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants visualized actin filaments in all examined tissues with no apparent effects on plant morphology or development at any stage during the life cycle. This demonstrates that in a number of different cell types GFP-mTn can serve as a non-invasive marker for the actin cytoskeleton. Confocal imaging of GFP-mTn labeled actin filaments was employed to reveal novel information on the in vivo organization of the actin cytoskeleton in transiently transformed, normally elongating tobacco pollen tubes.

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APA:

Kost, B., Spielhofer, P., & Chua, N.-H. (1998). A GFP-mouse talin fusion protein labels plant actin filaments in vivo and visualizes the actin cytoskeleton in growing pollen tubes. Plant Journal, 16(3), 393-401. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00304.x

MLA:

Kost, Benedikt, Pius Spielhofer, and Nam-Hai Chua. "A GFP-mouse talin fusion protein labels plant actin filaments in vivo and visualizes the actin cytoskeleton in growing pollen tubes." Plant Journal 16.3 (1998): 393-401.

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