TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons from optical tweezers
T2 - quantifying organelle interactions, dynamics and modelling subcellular events
AU - Sparkes, Imogen
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Optical tweezers enable users to physically trap organelles and move them laterally within the plant cell. Recent advances have highlighted physical interactions between functionally related organelle pairs, such as ER–Golgi and peroxisome–chloroplast, and have shown how organelle positioning affects plant growth. Quantification of these processes has provided insight into the force components which ultimately drive organelle movement and positioning in plant cells. Application of optical tweezers has therefore revolutionised our understanding of plant organelle dynamics.
AB - Optical tweezers enable users to physically trap organelles and move them laterally within the plant cell. Recent advances have highlighted physical interactions between functionally related organelle pairs, such as ER–Golgi and peroxisome–chloroplast, and have shown how organelle positioning affects plant growth. Quantification of these processes has provided insight into the force components which ultimately drive organelle movement and positioning in plant cells. Application of optical tweezers has therefore revolutionised our understanding of plant organelle dynamics.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050853958&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.07.010
DO - 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.07.010
M3 - Review article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 30081386
AN - SCOPUS:85050853958
SN - 1369-5266
VL - 46
SP - 55
EP - 61
JO - Current Opinion in Plant Biology
JF - Current Opinion in Plant Biology
ER -