Abstract.
Monoclonal antibodies recognizing two classes of developmentally regulated plant cell surface components – arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) and extensins – have been used to immunolabel cells at the root apices of four species with different characteristics of pericycle and vascular tissue development. Root apices of pea (Pisum sativum L.), radish (Raphanus sativus L.), carrot (Daucus carota L.) and onion (Allium cepa L.) were immunolabelled with the anti-AGP monoclonal antibodies JIM4 and JIM13 and anti-extensin monoclonal antibodies JIM11, JIM12, JIM19 and JIM20. All of these antibodies recognized subsets of pericycle cells in at least one, but never all, of these species. The restricted patterns of epitope occurrence also reflected vascular cell development. The differences in patterns of antibody recognition in the four species are discussed in relation to the possible roles of these cell surface molecules in cell differentiation and root patterning events.
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Received: 11 March 1997 / Accepted: 20 May 1997
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Casero, P., Casimiro, I. & Knox, J. Occurrence of cell surface arabinogalactan-protein and extensin epitopes in relation to pericycle and vascular tissue development in the root apex of four species. Planta 204, 252–259 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250050254
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250050254