title: Structural analyses of living plant nuclei.
abstract: The nucleus is the cellular organelle in which the bulk of the genomic information is stored. From studies using fluorescence microscopy with optical sections of fixed cells, a picture of an organized nuclear structure has emerged. Recently, the application of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a fluorescent dye allows the visualization of nuclear dynamics in live cells. Using four-dimensional fluorescence microscopy, the nuclear structures within an interphase nucleus are perceived to have dynamic domains. Structural analyses of a living plant nucleus contribute to our understanding of the genome information process in a particular cell in multicelluar systems.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, Foran Hall, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520, USA.
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure*