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A comprehensive fluorescent sensor for spatiotemporal cell cycle analysis inArabidopsis

Desvoyes, Benedicte; Arana-Echarri, Ainhoa; Barea, Maria D.; Gutierrez, Crisanto

NATURE PLANTS
2020
VL / 6 - BP / 1330 - EP / 1334
abstract
Assessing cell proliferation dynamics is crucial to understand the spatiotemporal control of organogenesis. Here we have generated a versatile fluorescent sensor, PlaCCI (plant cell cycle indicator) on the basis of the expression of CDT1a-CFP, H3.1-mCherry and CYCB1;1-YFP, that identifies cell cycle phases inArabidopsis thaliana. This tool works in a variety of organs, and all markers and the antibiotic resistance are expressed from a single cassette, facilitating the selection in mutant backgrounds. We also show the robustness of PlaCCI line in live-imaging experiments to follow and quantify cell cycle phase progression. A new multicolour tool named PlaCCI allows for visualization and quantification of discrete cell cycle phases thanks to the sequential expression of three specific fluorescent markers.

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