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A dowloadable flash animation depicting "The Illuminated Plant Cell" is presented as a teaching resource. Most of the references cited constitute the first reports of FP-aided highlighting of the specified structure. Updated versons of the animation will be available subsequently
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'The Illuminated Cell' v1.0
The last decade provided the biologist with a novel live colour palette comprising genetically encoded, multicolored fluorescent proteins (FP). The living plant cell turned into a ‘coloring book’ and today, nearly every ‘text book’ organelle has been highlighted in scintillating fluorescent colors. Indeed, for most organelles multiple FP-probes are already available and the number of new targeted probes continues to grow steadily. Recently a new generation of optical highlighters has become available.
A panel of plant biologists has agreed to contribute, review and help maintain this resource. Two new sections, Techniques and Model Cells have been added. However, for the web-resource to become truly useful to the plant community we seek more active researcher input. An easy to use "Contribute" button may be used for this purpose. Short descriptions of probes that you might have published recently, or ones that you find missing in the initial compilations, along with representative pictures or web page links are very welcome, will be immediately acknowledged and added to the respective section.
This web-resource is privately funded, but is offered as a free educational resource aimed at keeping abreast of the rapidly evolving FP-based technology in plants. We hope that any sections, pictures, movies from it used for teaching / research purposes will be suitably acknowledged. User feedback is very welcome.
A panel of plant biologists has agreed to contribute, review and help maintain this resource. Two new sections, Techniques and Model Cells have been added. However, for the web-resource to become truly useful to the plant community we seek more active researcher input. An easy to use "Contribute" button may be used for this purpose. Short descriptions of probes that you might have published recently, or ones that you find missing in the initial compilations, along with representative pictures or web page links are very welcome, will be immediately acknowledged and added to the respective section.
This web-resource is privately funded, but is offered as a free educational resource aimed at keeping abreast of the rapidly evolving FP-based technology in plants. We hope that any sections, pictures, movies from it used for teaching / research purposes will be suitably acknowledged. User feedback is very welcome.
Articles / Information / Pictures / Movies taken from this web-resource should be cited as:
Author(s). Section : In Web resource: http://illuminatedcell.com: The Illuminated Plant Cell. 2008. Ed. J. Mathur
Author(s). Section : In Web resource: http://illuminatedcell.com: The Illuminated Plant Cell. 2008. Ed. J. Mathur
Present Reviewers / Contributors
| Niko Geldner Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne,Switzerland |
WAVE - Membrane markers |
| Raymond Wightman & Simon Turner Faculty Life Sciences, University of Manchester. U.K. |
Developing Xylem |
| Steven Backues & Sebastian Bednarek Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, USA |
Phragmoplast / Cell Plate |
| Daniel Van Damme VIB, Ghent University, Belgium. & Danny Geelen Faculty BioSci. Eng.-Plant Production. Ghent, Belgium |
Dividing Cell / CDZ |
| Vibha Tyagi MCB. University of Guelph. ON. Canada. |
Nucleus |
| Nir Ohad & Shaul Yalovsky Department Plant Sciences, Tel Aviv Univ. Israel |
BiFC Technique |
| Ian Tetlow & Mark Burrell MCB. University of Guelph. ON. Canada. |
Plastids |
| David C. Logan University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Canada. |
Mitochondrion |
| John Runions Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. |
ER |
| Federica Brandizzi Michigan State University, E. Lansing, USA. |
Golgi bodies |
| Robert T. Mullen MCB. University of Guelph. ON. Canada. |
Peroxisome |
| Marisa S. Otegui Dept. Botany, Madison, WI. USA. |
Endosomes / MVB |
| Hugo Zheng Dept. Biology, McGill University. Canada. |
Apoplast/ Cell Wall |
| Manfred Heinlein Inst. de Biol. Molécul. des Plantes, Strasbourg. France. |
Plasmodesmata |
| Elison B. Blancaflor The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, USA. |
Actin cytoskeleton |
| Geoffrey O. Wasteneys Dept. Botany, Univ. British Columbia. BC. Canada. |
Microtubules |
| John Greenwood MCB. University of Guelph. ON. Canada. |
General TEM |
| Chris Trobacher & Alison Sinclair MCB. University of Guelph. ON. Canada. |
Vacuoles |