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Defects in leaf epidermis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants with CDKA;1 activity reduced in the shoot apical meristem

(2013) PROTOPLASMA. 250(4). p.955-961
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In Arabidopsis thaliana, like in other dicots, the shoot epidermis originates from protodermis, the outermost cell layer of shoot apical meristem. We examined leaf epidermis in transgenic A. thaliana plants in which CDKA;1.N146, a negative dominant allele of A-type cyclin-dependent kinase, was expressed from the SHOOTMERISTEMLESS promoter, i.e., in the shoot apical meristem. Using cleared whole mount preparations of expanding leaves and sequential in vivo replicas of expanding leaf surface, we show that dominant-negative CDKA;1 expression results in defects in epidermis continuity: loss of individual cells and occurrence of gaps between anticlinal walls of neighboring pavement cells. Another striking feature is ingrowth-like invaginations of anticlinal cell walls of pavement cells. Their formation is related to various processes: expansion of cells surrounding the sites of cell loss, defected cytokinesis, and presumably also, the actual ingrowth of an anticlinal cell wall. The mutant exhibits also increased variation in cell size and locally reduced waviness of anticlinal walls of pavement cells. These unusual features of leaf epidermis phenotype may shed a new light on our knowledge on morphogenesis of jigsaw puzzle-shaped pavement cells and on the CDKA;1 role in regulation of plant development via influence on cytoskeleton and plant cell wall.
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Leaf epidermis, CELL-SEPARATION, Gaps in epidermis, Cell wall invaginations, Cell loss, CDKA_1, Arabidopsis thaliana, CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES, WAVE COMPLEX, MORPHOGENESIS, CYTOKINESIS, MICROTUBULES, MESOPHYLL, ADHESION, GROWTH, MUTANT

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Borowska-Wykret, Dorota, et al. “Defects in Leaf Epidermis of Arabidopsis Thaliana Plants with CDKA;1 Activity Reduced in the Shoot Apical Meristem.” PROTOPLASMA, vol. 250, no. 4, 2013, pp. 955–61, doi:10.1007/s00709-012-0472-9.
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Borowska-Wykret, D., Elsner, J., De Veylder, L., & Kwiatkowska, D. (2013). Defects in leaf epidermis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants with CDKA;1 activity reduced in the shoot apical meristem. PROTOPLASMA, 250(4), 955–961. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-012-0472-9
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Borowska-Wykret, Dorota, Joanna Elsner, Lieven De Veylder, and Dorota Kwiatkowska. 2013. “Defects in Leaf Epidermis of Arabidopsis Thaliana Plants with CDKA;1 Activity Reduced in the Shoot Apical Meristem.” PROTOPLASMA 250 (4): 955–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-012-0472-9.
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Borowska-Wykret, Dorota, Joanna Elsner, Lieven De Veylder, and Dorota Kwiatkowska. 2013. “Defects in Leaf Epidermis of Arabidopsis Thaliana Plants with CDKA;1 Activity Reduced in the Shoot Apical Meristem.” PROTOPLASMA 250 (4): 955–961. doi:10.1007/s00709-012-0472-9.
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Borowska-Wykret D, Elsner J, De Veylder L, Kwiatkowska D. Defects in leaf epidermis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants with CDKA;1 activity reduced in the shoot apical meristem. PROTOPLASMA. 2013;250(4):955–61.
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D. Borowska-Wykret, J. Elsner, L. De Veylder, and D. Kwiatkowska, “Defects in leaf epidermis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants with CDKA;1 activity reduced in the shoot apical meristem,” PROTOPLASMA, vol. 250, no. 4, pp. 955–961, 2013.
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  abstract     = {{In Arabidopsis thaliana, like in other dicots, the shoot epidermis originates from protodermis, the outermost cell layer of shoot apical meristem. We examined leaf epidermis in transgenic A. thaliana plants in which CDKA;1.N146, a negative dominant allele of A-type cyclin-dependent kinase, was expressed from the SHOOTMERISTEMLESS promoter, i.e., in the shoot apical meristem. Using cleared whole mount preparations of expanding leaves and sequential in vivo replicas of expanding leaf surface, we show that dominant-negative CDKA;1 expression results in defects in epidermis continuity: loss of individual cells and occurrence of gaps between anticlinal walls of neighboring pavement cells. Another striking feature is ingrowth-like invaginations of anticlinal cell walls of pavement cells. Their formation is related to various processes: expansion of cells surrounding the sites of cell loss, defected cytokinesis, and presumably also, the actual ingrowth of an anticlinal cell wall. The mutant exhibits also increased variation in cell size and locally reduced waviness of anticlinal walls of pavement cells. These unusual features of leaf epidermis phenotype may shed a new light on our knowledge on morphogenesis of jigsaw puzzle-shaped pavement cells and on the CDKA;1 role in regulation of plant development via influence on cytoskeleton and plant cell wall.}},
  author       = {{Borowska-Wykret, Dorota and Elsner, Joanna and De Veylder, Lieven and Kwiatkowska, Dorota}},
  issn         = {{0033-183X}},
  journal      = {{PROTOPLASMA}},
  keywords     = {{Leaf epidermis,CELL-SEPARATION,Gaps in epidermis,Cell wall invaginations,Cell loss,CDKA_1,Arabidopsis thaliana,CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES,WAVE COMPLEX,MORPHOGENESIS,CYTOKINESIS,MICROTUBULES,MESOPHYLL,ADHESION,GROWTH,MUTANT}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{955--961}},
  title        = {{Defects in leaf epidermis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants with CDKA;1 activity reduced in the shoot apical meristem}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-012-0472-9}},
  volume       = {{250}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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