Abstract
Studies of plant protoplasts using both fluorescent dyes and electron dense probes have demonstrated endocytosis in plants. Ultrastructural work with soybean protoplasts using cationized ferritin (CF) revealed an endocytotic pathway from coated pits at the plasma membrane to coated vesicles, the partially coated reticulum, Golgi bodies, multivesicular bodies and finally the vacuole. Endocytosis may be responsible for membrane retrieval from the cell surface or degradation of elicitors or toxins during host‐pathogen interactions. Immunofluorescence studies of dividing plant protoplasts have provided new information about the preprophase band (PPB) of microtubules and the shape of spindles. Studies of PPBs in soybean protoplast cultures permitted detailed examination of PPB development and an assessment of the usefulness of the PPB index for identifying morphogenic cultures. In multinucleate protoplasts the size and number of PPBs were apparently not controlled by nuclear number. Research with conifer protoplasts resulted in the discovery of new features of gymnosperm spindles.
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