Microtubule organization in root cortical cells ofHyacinthus orientalis |
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Authors: | Bai -Ling Lin Judith A Jernstedt |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, 95616 Davis, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Overall cellular arrangement of cortical microtubules (MTs) is studied by reconstruction of MT images on serial thin sections. The mature root cortex ofHyacinthus orientalis L. cv. Delft blue is composed of elongate, highly vacuolate nondividing parenchyma cells. In longitudinal sections in these cells, MTs generally form parallel arrays at oblique angles to longitudinal cell axes. These MTs extend towards the transverse face of the cell where they appear in localized parallel arrays as well as in crisscross patterns. Repeated observations of oblique parallel arrays of MTs along the length of the cell and the continuity of MT bundles in serial sections suggest that MTs form a single helix in the cell. MTs in neighboring cells appear in sections either as parallel or as herringbone patterns, suggesting that the MT helices in these cells may spiral in the same or the opposite directions.Abbreviations MT
Microtubule
- MF
microfibil
- EM
electron microscopy |
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Keywords: | Hyacinthus Cytoskeleton Microtubule Root cortical cell |
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