Cell Proliferation Analysis Using EdU Labeling in Whole Plant and Histological Samples of Arabidopsis
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article
- Keywords
- 5-Ethynyl-2′deoxyuridine, Cell division, Cell proliferation, DNA labeling, DNA replication, EdU, Histology,
- MeSH
- Arabidopsis cytology ultrastructure MeSH
- Staining and Labeling methods MeSH
- Deoxyuridine analogs & derivatives analysis MeSH
- DNA, Plant analysis MeSH
- Plant Roots ultrastructure MeSH
- Meristem ultrastructure MeSH
- Cell Proliferation * MeSH
- DNA Replication MeSH
- Plant Cells ultrastructure MeSH
- Seedlings ultrastructure MeSH
- Paraffin Embedding methods MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine MeSH Browser
- Deoxyuridine MeSH
- DNA, Plant MeSH
The ability to analyze cell division in both spatial and temporal dimensions within an organism is a key requirement in developmental biology. Specialized cell types within individual organs, such as those within shoot and root apical meristems, have often been identified by differences in their rates of proliferation prior to the characterization of distinguishing molecular markers. Replication-dependent labeling of DNA is a widely used method for assaying cell proliferation. The earliest approaches used radioactive labeling with tritiated thymidine, which were later followed by immunodetection of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). A major advance in DNA labeling came with the use of 5-ethynyl-2'deoxyuridine (EdU) which has proven to have multiple advantages over BrdU. Here we describe the methodology for analyzing EdU labeling and retention in whole plants and histological sections of Arabidopsis.
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