Multiscale and Multimodal Approaches to Study Autophagy in Model Plants

Autophagy is a catabolic process used by eukaryotic cells to maintain or restore cellular and organismal homeostasis. A better understanding of autophagy in plant biology could lead to an improvement of the recycling processes of plant cells and thus contribute, for example, towards reducing the neg...

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Published in:Cells (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2018-01, Vol.7 (1), p.5
Main Authors: Marion, Jessica, Le Bars, Romain, Besse, Laetitia, Batoko, Henri, Satiat-Jeunemaitre, Béatrice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabidopsis
autophagosome
Autophagy
autophagy assays
Fertilizers
Genetic engineering
Homeostasis
Life Sciences
methods
Phagocytosis
Plant breeding
Plant cells
Review
tobacco
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Summary:Autophagy is a catabolic process used by eukaryotic cells to maintain or restore cellular and organismal homeostasis. A better understanding of autophagy in plant biology could lead to an improvement of the recycling processes of plant cells and thus contribute, for example, towards reducing the negative ecological consequences of nitrogen-based fertilizers in agriculture. It may also help to optimize plant adaptation to adverse biotic and abiotic conditions through appropriate plant breeding or genetic engineering to incorporate useful traits in relation to this catabolic pathway. In this review, we describe useful protocols for studying autophagy in the plant cell, taking into account some specificities of the plant model.
ISSN:2073-4409
2073-4409
DOI:10.3390/cells7010005