Time-profiling fluorescent reporters in the Arabidopsis root

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1056:11-7. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-592-7_2.

Abstract

Confocal laser scanning microscopy is a useful nondestructive approach for the visualization of fluorescent reporters in planta. Samples are usually placed between a slide and a cover slip which, although suited to single time-point imaging, does not allow long-term observation. Here, we describe a technique to monitor changes in fluorescence in the Arabidopsis root over a long period of time. Treatment can easily be performed, and this approach is suitable for use in low-throughput chemical screens. We also present a rapid method to analyze fluorescence intensity profiles generated using this protocol.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / drug effects
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Culture Techniques
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Plant Growth Regulators / pharmacology
  • Plant Roots / drug effects
  • Plant Roots / metabolism*
  • Seedlings / drug effects
  • Seedlings / metabolism*

Substances

  • Plant Growth Regulators