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CIL:218^*

Description

At the root tips of the mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana (cell walls shown in red), two proteins work together to control the uptake of water and nutrients. When the cell division-promoting protein 'SHORTROOT' (SHR) moves from the center of the tip outward, it triggers the production of another protein (blue) that confines 'Short-root' to the nutrient-filtering endodermis. See Fig 3C in H Cui et al. 2007 Science 316, 421-425

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Arabidopsis thaliana; (thale cress)
Cell Type: root tip

Biological Context

Biological Process: water uptake

Attribution

Names: Hongchang Cui; Philip Benfey
Link: BioMedical Beat

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Imaging Mode: fluorescence microscopy
Parameters Imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of Contrast: distribution of epitope
Visualization Methods: EGFP

Data Qualifiers: processed data

Sample Preparation

Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	120px	——

*CIL – Cell Image Library accession number. Please use this to reference an image.