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From: Microtubule plus-ends reveal essential links between intracellular polarization and localized modulation of endocytosis during division-plane establishment in plant cells

Figure 5

PM targeted EMT plus ends probe the areas occupied by the preceding PPB and align the cell plates for proper docking at the parental walls. Green: GFP-MAP4 (in A, F-I), GFP-AtEB1 (in B-E, J-O and P). Red: FM4-64 (in A, F-O), YFP-MAP4 (in P). (A) Discontinuity of the vacuolar structures in the preceding PPB site (arrowheads) is maintained at the spindle stage, as visualized with FM4-64 labeled vacuoles and GFP-MAP4 labeled microtubules.(B-C) At the onset of the phragmoplast stage, GFP-AtEB1 labeled EMT plus ends (red arrowheads) originating from the former spindle poles grow towards the cortex (see additional file 9: Movie 9). Occasionally, they grow towards the polar areas (yellow arrowhead). (D) GFP-AtEB1 labeled EMT plus ends (arrowheads) are attracted to the cortical areas marked by the preceding PPB. At late telophase, the distance through which GFP-AtEB1 labeled EMT plus ends reach towards the cortex is reduced. (E) 3-D projection showing GFP-AtEB1 labeled EMT plus end trajectories directed towards the cortex, which are different from the main phragmoplast structure. GFP-MAP4 labeled EMTs (F-I) or GFP-AtEB1 labeled EMT plus ends (J-M) continue to reach the cortex at the former PPB site and display close proximity to FM4-64 labeled endosomes (red arrow and arrowheads). These endosomes display movement towards the minus end of these EMTs. (N-O) GFP-AtEB1 labeled plus end growth of EMTs (arrowheads) towards opposite sides of the cortex is maintained during cell plate and phragmoplast tilting (see additional file 10: Movie 10). (P) Enrichment of GFP-AtEB1 labeled microtubule plus ends (arrowhead) but not of YFP-MAP4 labeled microtubular parts at the phragmoplast midline. Time in F-I is given in seconds while that in J-O is indicated in minutes. Bars in A-O represent 8 μm while that in P represents 10 μm.

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