Project description:The number of known proteins associated with plant lipid droplets (LDs) is small compared to other organelles. Many questions of LD biosynthesis and degradation remain open, also due to lack of candidate LD proteins whose characterization could help to elucidate their function in those processes. We performed a proteomic screen on LDs isolated from Nicotiana tabacum pollen tubes. Proteins that were highly enriched in the LD fraction compared to the total or cytosolic fraction where verified for LD localization via transient expression in tobacco pollen tubes. We also compared the isoforms of typical LD proteins found in the pollen tubes on a qualitative level to the isoforms found in tobacco seeds.
Project description:Transcriptome profiling of three developmental stages of immature male gametophyte intobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Total RNA isolated from tobacco microspores and early and late bicellular pollen was hybridised on Agilent Tobacco Gene Expression Microarray 4x44K in two biological replicates per sample
Project description:Cell adaptation to high salinity levels implicates the modification of different cellular, physiological and molecular mechanisms. However, studies about the cellular mechanisms that are implicated in salt adaptation are scarce in the literature. Tobacco BY-2 cell cultures are very homogeneous and are characterized by a continuous cell grow and high proliferation rate. These features make these cells a good model system. For this study, we have obtained a stable tobacco cell line adapted to grow at 250 mM of NaCl. To obtain a general view of this process, we have followed a microarray technique. Gene expression was analyzed using the Affymetrix microarray technique. We have used a microarray designed by Edwards et al. (2010) in tobacco (Total probes: 43768).
Project description:Two tobacco transgenic lines over-expressing grapevine polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (Vvpgip1) vs. WT tobacco under normal growth conditions
