3D Reconstruction of Frozen Plant Tissue: A Unique Histological Analysis to Image Postfreeze Responses

2013 ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
David P. Livingston III ◽  
Tan Tuong
Keyword(s):  
3D Reconstruction ◽  
Plant Tissue ◽  
Histological Analysis

scholarly journals Histological Analysis and 3D Reconstruction of Winter Cereal Crowns Recovering from Freezing: A Unique Response in Oat (Avena sativa L.)

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e53468 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Livingston ◽  
Cynthia A. Henson ◽  
Tan D. Tuong ◽  
Mitchell L. Wise ◽  
Shyamalrau P. Tallury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
3D Reconstruction ◽  
Avena Sativa ◽  
Histological Analysis ◽  
Winter Cereal

Freeze-fracture, freeze-etch complementary pairs of virus-infected cells reveal value of etching even when relatively high concentrations of cryoprotectants are used

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-137
Author(s):  
Russell L. Steere ◽  
Eric F. Erbe
Keyword(s):  
Plant Tissue ◽  
Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Infected Plant ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Virus Infected Plant ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
High Concentrations

It has been assumed by many involved in freeze-etch or freeze-fracture studies that it would be useless to etch specimens which were cryoprotected by more than 15% glycerol. We presumed that the amount of cryoprotective material exposed at the surface would serve as a contaminating layer and prevent the visualization of fine details. Recent unexpected freeze-etch results indicated that it would be useful to compare complementary replicas in which one-half of the frozen-fractured specimen would be shadowed and replicated immediately after fracturing whereas the complement would be etched at -98°C for 1 to 10 minutes before being shadowed and replicated.Standard complementary replica holders (Steere, 1973) with hinges removed were used for this study. Specimens consisting of unfixed virus-infected plant tissue infiltrated with 0.05 M phosphate buffer or distilled water were used without cryoprotectant. Some were permitted to settle through gradients to the desired concentrations of different cryoprotectants.

Detection, Averaging, and 3D Reconstruction of Biological Specimens on Hypercubes (Transputer-based) Computers

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Jose-Maria Carazo ◽  
I. Benavides ◽  
S. Marco ◽  
J.L. Carrascosa ◽  
E.L. Zapata
Keyword(s):  
3D Reconstruction ◽  
3D Structure ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Computer Architectures ◽  
Parallel Computer ◽  
Reconstruction Process ◽  
Computing Power ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Obtaining the three-dimensional (3D) structure of negatively stained biological specimens at a resolution of, typically, 2 - 4 nm is becoming a relatively common practice in an increasing number of laboratories. A combination of new conceptual approaches, new software tools, and faster computers have made this situation possible. However, all these 3D reconstruction processes are quite computer intensive, and the middle term future is full of suggestions entailing an even greater need of computing power. Up to now all published 3D reconstructions in this field have been performed on conventional (sequential) computers, but it is a fact that new parallel computer architectures represent the potential of order-of-magnitude increases in computing power and should, therefore, be considered for their possible application in the most computing intensive tasks.We have studied both shared-memory-based computer architectures, like the BBN Butterfly, and local-memory-based architectures, mainly hypercubes implemented on transputers, where we have used the algorithmic mapping method proposed by Zapata el at. In this work we have developed the basic software tools needed to obtain a 3D reconstruction from non-crystalline specimens (“single particles”) using the so-called Random Conical Tilt Series Method. We start from a pair of images presenting the same field, first tilted (by ≃55°) and then untilted. It is then assumed that we can supply the system with the image of the particle we are looking for (ideally, a 2D average from a previous study) and with a matrix describing the geometrical relationships between the tilted and untilted fields (this step is now accomplished by interactively marking a few pairs of corresponding features in the two fields). From here on the 3D reconstruction process may be run automatically.

Structural Studies on the Eukaryotic Ribosome

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-257
Author(s):  
Adriana Verschoor ◽  
Ronald Milligan ◽  
Suman Srivastava ◽  
Joachim Frank
Keyword(s):  
Chick Embryo ◽  
3D Reconstruction ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Particle Surface ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Eukaryotic Ribosome ◽  
Negative Stain ◽  
Reconstruction Methods

We have studied the eukaryotic ribosome from two vertebrate species (rabbit reticulocyte and chick embryo ribosomes) in several different electron microscopic preparations (Fig. 1a-d), and we have applied image processing methods to two of the types of images. Reticulocyte ribosomes were examined in both negative stain (0.5% uranyl acetate, in a double-carbon preparation) and frozen hydrated preparation as single-particle specimens. In addition, chick embryo ribosomes in tetrameric and crystalline assemblies in frozen hydrated preparation have been examined. 2D averaging, multivariate statistical analysis, and classification methods have been applied to the negatively stained single-particle micrographs and the frozen hydrated tetramer micrographs to obtain statistically well defined projection images of the ribosome (Fig. 2a,c). 3D reconstruction methods, the random conical reconstruction scheme and weighted back projection, were applied to the negative-stain data, and several closely related reconstructions were obtained. The principal 3D reconstruction (Fig. 2b), which has a resolution of 3.7 nm according to the differential phase residual criterion, can be compared to the images of individual ribosomes in a 2D tetramer average (Fig. 2c) at a similar resolution, and a good agreement of the general morphology and of many of the characteristic features is seen.Both data sets show the ribosome in roughly the same ’view’ or orientation, with respect to the adsorptive surface in the electron microscopic preparation, as judged by the agreement in both the projected form and the distribution of characteristic density features. The negative-stain reconstruction reveals details of the ribosome morphology; the 2D frozen-hydrated average provides projection information on the native mass-density distribution within the structure. The 40S subunit appears to have an elongate core of higher density, while the 60S subunit shows a more complex pattern of dense features, comprising a rather globular core, locally extending close to the particle surface.

Freeze-Fracture Studies of Membranes in Developing Sieve Elements in a Plant Tissue Culture

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 636-637
Author(s):  
R. D. Sjolund ◽  
C. Y. Shih
Keyword(s):  
Plant Tissue ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Tissue Cultures ◽  
Sieve Elements ◽  
Intact Plants ◽  
Plant Tissue Cultures ◽  
Whole Plants ◽  
Energy Dependent ◽  
Similar Elements

The differentiation of phloem in plant tissue cultures offers a unique opportunity to study the development and structure of sieve elements in a manner that avoids the injury responses associated with the processing of similar elements in intact plants. Short segments of sieve elements formed in tissue cultures can be fixed intact while the longer strands occuring in whole plants must be cut into shorter lengths before processing. While iyuch controversy surrounds the question of phloem function in tissue cultures , sieve elements formed in these cultured cells are structurally similar to those of Intact plants. We are particullarly Interested In the structure of the plasma membrane and the peripheral ER in these cells because of their possible role in the energy-dependent active transport of sucrose into the sieve elements.

Development of Plant Tissue Culture Profile of Dioscorea deltoidea

Planta Medica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Mujeeb ◽  
M Amir ◽  
AS Nadeem ◽  
M Aqil ◽  
AK Najmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Plant Tissue Culture ◽  
Plant Tissue ◽  
Dioscorea Deltoidea

Clinical and Histological Analysis of Oral Mucocele

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Gu Park ◽  
No-Seon Park ◽  
Chin-Saeng Cho ◽  
Ah-Young Kim ◽  
Dong-Sik Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Histological Analysis
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