@article {321, title = {The protein expression landscape of the Arabidopsis root.}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, volume = {109}, year = {2012}, month = {2012 May 1}, pages = {6811-8}, abstract = {

Because proteins are the major functional components of cells, knowledge of their cellular localization is crucial to gaining an understanding of the biology of multicellular organisms. We have generated a protein expression map of the Arabidopsis root providing the identity and cell type-specific localization of nearly 2,000 proteins. Grouping proteins into functional categories revealed unique cellular functions and identified cell type-specific biomarkers. Cellular colocalization provided support for numerous protein-protein interactions. With a binary comparison, we found that RNA and protein expression profiles are weakly correlated. We then performed peak integration at cell type-specific resolution and found an improved correlation with transcriptome data using continuous values. We performed GeLC-MS/MS (in-gel tryptic digestion followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry) proteomic experiments on mutants with ectopic and no root hairs, providing complementary proteomic data. Finally, among our root hair-specific proteins we identified two unique regulators of root hair development.

}, keywords = {Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis Proteins, Base Sequence, Chromatography, Liquid, DNA Primers, Gene Expression Profiling, Plant Roots, Plants, Genetically Modified, Protein Array Analysis, Protein Interaction Mapping, Proteome, Proteomics, RNA, Plant, Tandem Mass Spectrometry}, issn = {1091-6490}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1202546109}, author = {Petricka, Jalean J and Schauer, Monica A and Megraw, Molly and Breakfield, Natalie W and Thompson, J Will and Georgiev, Stoyan and Soderblom, Erik J and Ohler, Uwe and Moseley, Martin Arthur and Grossniklaus, Ueli and Benfey, Philip N} }