Vidali Lab Publications
Measurement of the persistence length of cytoskeletal filaments using curvature distributions
Myosin XI drives polarized growth by vesicle focusing and local enrichment of F-actin in Physcomitrium patens
55. Galotto, G.*, Wisanpitayakorn, P.*, Bibeau, J.P., Liu, Y.-C., Furt, F., Pierce, E.C.**, Simpson, P.J.**, Tüzel, E., and Vidali, L. (2021). Myosin XI drives polarized growth by vesicle focusing and local enrichment of F-actin in Physcomitrium patens. Plant Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab43
Quantitative cell biology of tip growth in moss
Rab-E and its interaction with myosin XI are essential for polarised cell growth
Inferring lateral tension distribution in wall structures of single cells
Robust survival-based RNA interference of gene families using in tandem silencing of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase
Chitin triggers calcium-mediated immune response in the plant model Physcomitrella patens
In vivo interactions between myosin XI, vesicles and filamentous actin are fast and transient in Physcomitrella patens
49. Bibeau, J.P.* , Furt, F., Mousavi, S.I.*, Kingsley,J.L., Levine,M.F.**, Tüzel, E. and Vidali, L. (2020) In vivo interactions between myosin XI, vesicles and filamentous actin are fast and transient in Physcomitrella patens. J. Cell Sci. (2020) 133, jcs234682 doi: 10.1242/jcs.234682 Link to PDF file
Orchestrating cell morphology form the inside out – using polarized cell expansion in plants as a model
Automated image acquisition and morphological analysis of cell growth mutants in Physcomitrella patens
Conditional genetic screen in Physcomitrella patens reveals a novel microtubule depolymerizing-end-tracking protein.
46. Ding, X.**, Pervere, L.M.**, Bascom, C., Jr., Bibeau, J.P.*, Khurana, S.**, Butt, A.M.**, Orr, R.G.*, Flaherty, P.J., Bezanilla, M., and Vidali, L. (2018). Conditional genetic screen in Physcomitrella patens reveals a novel microtubule depolymerizing-end-tracking protein. PLoS Genet 14, e1007221. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007221
Characterization of cell boundary and confocal effects improves quantitative FRAP analysis
Unique molecular identifiers reveal a novel sequencing artefactwith implications for RNA-Seq based gene expression analysis
Myosin XI localizes at the mitotic spindle andalong the cell plate during plant cell division in Physcomitrella patens
Direct observation of the effects of cellulose synthesis inhibitors using live cell imaging of Cellulose Synthase (CESA) in Physcomitrella patens
42. Tran, M.L., McCarthy, T., Sun, H.,Wu, S.-Z., Norris, J.H., Bezanilla, M., Vidali,L., Anderson, C.T., and Roberts, A.W. (2018) Direct observation of the effects of cellulose synthesis inhibitors using live cell imaging of Cellulose Synthase (CESA) in Physcomitrella patens. Scientific Reports. 8:735. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18994-4.
F-Actin meditated focusing of vesicles at the cell tip is essential for polarized growth
The motor kinesin 4II is important for growth and chloroplast light avoidance in the moss Physcomitrella patens
The kinesin-like proteins, KAC1/2, regulate actin-dynamics underlying chloroplast light-avoidance in Physcomitrella patens
A GPU accelerated virtual scanning confocal microscope
Morphological analysis of cell growth mutants in Physcomitrella
Apical myosin XI anticipates F-actin during polarized growth of Physcomitrella patens cells
Physcomitrella patens: a model for tip cell growth and differentiation
Phylogenetic analysis of the kinesin superfamily from Physcomitrella
Quantitative analysis of organelle distribution and dynamics in Physcomitrella patens protonemal cells
Actin interacting protein 1 and actin depolymerizing factor drive rapid actin dynamics
Efficient polyethylene glycol (PEG) mediated transformation in the moss Physcomitrella patens
Myosin XI is essential for tip growth
Exocytosis precedes and predicts the increase in growth in oscillating pollen tubes
Rapid screening for temperature-sensitive alleles in plants
Rapid formin-mediated actin-filament elongation is essential for polarized plant cell growth
Lifeact-mEGFP reveals a dynamic apical F-actin network in tip growing plant cells
Endogenous RhoG is dispensable for integrin-mediated cell spreading but contributes to Rac-independent migration
Actin depolymerizing factor is essential for viability in plants, and its phosphoregulation is important for tip growth
Tyrosine phosphatase PTP regulates focal adhesion remodeling through Rac1 activation
Profilin is essential for tip growth in the moss Physcomitrella patens
Filamin A (FLNA) is required for cell-cell contact in vascular development and cardiac morphogenesis
Rac1-null mouse embryonic fibroblasts are motile and respond to platelet-derived growth factor
Profilin inhibits pollen tube growth through actin-binding, but not poly-L-proline-binding
Plant 115-kDa-actin-filament-bundling protein, P-115-ABP, is a homologue of plant villin and is widely distributed in cells
Localization of profilin during the cell cycle in living Tradescantia virginiana stamen hair cells
The regulation of actin organization by actin-depolymerizing factor in elongating pollen tubes
Rab2 GTPase regulates vesicle trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi bodies and is important in pollen tubes growth
Polarized cell growth in higher plants
Actin and pollen tube growth
Actin polymerization is essential for pollen tube growth
The calcium/cytoskeleton connection in pollen tube growth
Changes of the actin filament system in the green alga Micrasterias induced by different cytoskeleton inhibitors
Actin: A Dynamic Framework for Multiple Plant Cell Functions
The role of plant villin in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton, cytoplasmic streaming and the architecture of the transvacuolar strand in root hair cells of Hydrocharis
Profilin in Phaseolus vulgaris is encoded by two genes (only one expressed in root nodules) but multiple isoforms are generated in vivo by phosphorylation on tyrosine residues
7. Guillén,G., Valdés-López, V., Noguez, R., Olivares, J., Rodríguez-Zapata, L.C., Pérez, H., Vidali, L., Villanueva, M.A., andSánchez, F. (1999) Profilin in Phaseolus vulgaris is encoded by two genes (only one expressed in root nodules) but multiple isoforms are generated in vivo by phosphorylation on tyrosine residues. Plant J. 19: 497-508.