Visualization of specific repetitive genomic sequences with fluorescent TALEs in Arabidopsis thaliana
© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology.
Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 67(2016), 21 vom: 03. Nov., Seite 6101-6110 |
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Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of experimental botany |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Centromere chromatin fluorescent protein genome editing live cell imaging rDNA telomere transcription activator-like effector. mehr... |
Zusammenfassung: | © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. Live imaging of the dynamics of nuclear organization provides the opportunity to uncover the mechanisms responsible for four-dimensional genome architecture. Here, we describe the use of fluorescent protein (FP) fusions of transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) to visualize endogenous genomic sequences in Arabidopsis thaliana. The ability to engineer sequence-specific TALEs permits the investigation of precise genomic sequences. We could detect TALE-FP signals associated with centromeric, telomeric, and rDNA repeats and the signal distribution was consistent with that observed by fluorescent in situ hybridization. TALE-FPs are advantageous because they permit the observation of intact tissues. We used our TALE-FP method to investigate the nuclei of several multicellular plant tissues including roots, hypocotyls, leaves, and flowers. Because TALE-FPs permit live-cell imaging, we successfully observed the temporal dynamics of centromeres and telomeres in plant organs. Fusing TALEs to multimeric FPs enhanced the signal intensity when observing telomeres. We found that the mobility of telomeres was different in sub-nuclear regions. Transgenic plants stably expressing TALE-FPs will provide new insights into chromatin organization and dynamics in multicellular organisms |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 13.11.2017 Date Revised 10.03.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1460-2431 |