Table 1.
Transport of fluorescent probes between root epidermal cells. Quantification of fluorochrome movement after photobleaching of Hordeum vulgare L., cv. ‘Karat’ root epidermal cells at different stages of development
| ‘Karat’ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mz | aez | bez | dz | ||
| hc | nhc | ||||
| % bleached cells that recovered fluorescence (n) | 100 (15) | 100 (10) | 53.8 (13) | 8.3 (12) | 14.3 (14) |
| 0.5 min | 3.0 min | 10.0 min | nfr | ||
| Average time of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching |  |
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| rhl1.a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mz | aez | bez | dz | ||
| % bleached cells that recovered fluorescence (n) | 100 (10) | 100 (12) | 92.9 (14) | 78.6 (14) | |
| Average time of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching | 0.25 min | 3.00 min | 3.00 min | 10.00 min | |
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| rhl1.b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mz | aez | bez | dz | ||
| % bleached cells that recovered fluorescence (n) | 100 (10) | 100 (14) | 84.6 (13) | 84.6 (13) | |
| Average time of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching | 0.5 min | 3.0 min | 10.0 min | 10.0 min | |
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The width of the black rectangle schematically represents the time of fluorescence recovery, the striped rectangle represents no fluorescence recovery; aez, apical elongation zone; bez, basal elongation zone; dz, differentiation zone; hc, hair cell; mz, meristematic zone; n, total number of analysed cells; nhc, non-hair cell; nfr, no fluorescence recovery.