Journal
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 131, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.209270
Keywords
Imaging; Plant cell biology; Plant growth
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- German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) [MA5293/2-1, MA5293/6-1, INST 95/1126-2, Sonderforschungsbereich 924, STA12/12 1-1, KR4675/2-1, GR4559/3-1]
- Excellence Cluster CellNetworks
- Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
- Swiss National Science Foundation (Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Forderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) [PP00P3_157524, 316030_164086]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) [NWO 864.13.008]
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Plants exhibit an intriguing morphological and physiological plasticity that enables them to thrive in a wide range of environments. To understand the cell biological basis of this unparalleled competence, a number of methodologies have been adapted or developed over the last decades that allow minimal or non-invasive live-cell imaging in the context of tissues. Combined with the ease to generate transgenic reporter lines in specific genetic backgrounds or accessions, we are witnessing a blooming in plant cell biology. However, the imaging of plant cells entails a number of specific challenges, such as high levels of autofluorescence, light scattering that is caused by cell walls and their sensitivity to environmental conditions. Quantitative live-cell imaging in plants therefore requires adapting or developing imaging techniques, as well as mounting and incubation systems, such as micro-fluidics. Here, we discuss some of these obstacles, and review a number of selected state-of-the-art techniques, such as two-photon imaging, light sheet microscopy and variable angle epifluorescence microscopy that allow high performance and minimal invasive live-cell imaging in plants.
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