Abstract
Fluorescence recovery after photo-bleaching (FRAP) involves the irreversible bleaching of a fluorescent protein within a specific area of the cell using a high-intensity laser. The recovery of fluorescence represents the movement of new protein into this area and can therefore be used to investigate factors involved in this movement. Here we describe a FRAP method to investigate the effect of a range of pharmacological agents on the targeting of Tobacco mosaic virus movement protein to plasmodesmata.
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This work was funded by the Scottish Government Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS). We thank D.A. Elston and P.J. Wright for critical review and helpful comments.
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Wright, K.M., MacKenzie, K.M. (2015). Probing Protein Targeting to Plasmodesmata Using Fluorescence Recovery After Photo-Bleaching. In: Heinlein, M. (eds) Plasmodesmata. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1217. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1523-1_17
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