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Table 1 Examples of plant protein-protein interactions studied via FRET or BiFC.

From: The visible touch: in planta visualization of protein-protein interactions by fluorophore-based methods

Protein-protein interaction

Applied technique

Cell type

Gene transfer method

reference

Phytochrome B-Cryptochrome 2

FRET (channel and DFRAP)

Tobacco protoplasts

Protoplast transfection

[24]

SERK-1 (homodimerization)

FRET (FSPIM)

Cowpea mesophyll protoplasts

Protoplast transfection

[25]

Floral binding protein 2 (homodimerization) Floral binding protein 11

FRET (FSPIM and FLIM)

Petunia leaf protoplasts

Protoplast transfection

[26]

TGA5 (homodimerization)

FRET (channel)

Tobacco leaf cells

Agroinfiltration

[27]

SERK1-KAPP

FRET (FSPIM)

Cowpea mesophyll protoplasts

Protoplast transfection

[28]

Opaque2-CGN5/ADA2

FRET (DFRAP and FLIM)

Cowpea mesophyll protoplasts

Protoplast transfection

[29]

Lipidated YFP and CFP variants

FRET (FSPIM and FLIM)

Cowpea protoplasts

Protolplast transfection

[30]

AtMinD1 (homodimerization)

FRET (channel and DFRAP)

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[31]

MLO-calmodulin

FRET (DFRAP and FLIM)

Barley leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[32]

MLO (homodimerization)

FRET (DFRAP)

Barley leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[33]

Vacuolar ATPase subunits

FRET (channel)

Arabidopsis leaf mesophyll protoplasts

Protoplast transfection

[34]

MADS box proteins

FRET (FLIM)

Cowpea and Petunia leaf protoplasts

Protoplast transfection

[35]

SAG101-EDS1

FRET (DFRAP)

Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[36]

AtMinE1-AtMinD1, AtFtsZ1-1-AtFtsZ2-1, AtFtsZ2-1-ARC6

FRET (method unknown)

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[37]

bZIP63 (homodimerization)

BiFC

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Agro-infiltration

[68]

LSD1 (homodimerization)

BiFC

Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells

Agro-infiltration

[68]

14-3-3 (homodimerization)

BiFC

Arabidopsis cell culture protoplasts and tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Protoplast transfection and Agro-infiltration

[68]

PFTα-PFTβ

BiFC

Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells

Agro-infiltration

[69]

FIE-MEA

BiFC

Tobacco and Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells

Agro-infiltration

[69]

VIP1-VirE2, VIP1-VirF

BiFC

Tobacco and onion leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[70]

SAD-GAMYB

BiFC

Onion leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[71]

OFP1 (homodimerization), BLH1 (homodimerization), AtOFP1-AtOFP1

BiFC

Tobacco leaf cells

Agroinfiltration

[72]

VirE2-VirE3

BiFC

Tobacco and onion leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[73]

VIP1-VirE2

BiFC

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[74]

VIP1-H2A

BiFC

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[75]

EID1-ASK1

BiFC

Mustard seedlings and parsley protoplasts

Particle bombardment and protoplast transfection

[76]

FD-FT

BiFC

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Agro-infiltration

[77]

AtMinE1-AtMinD1, AtFtsZ1-1-AtFtsZ2-1, AtFtsZ2-1-ARC6

BiFC

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[37]

OsOBF1 (homodimerization), OsOBF1-LIP19

BiFC

Onion bulb epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[78]

ATH1-STM, BLH3-STM, BLH9-STM

BiFC

Leek epidermal cells

Particle bombardment

[79]

p6 and TGBp2 topology

BiFC

Tobacco leaf epidermal cells

Particle bombardment and Agro-infiltration

[80]