Unleashing formins to remodel the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons

MA Chesarone, AG DuPage, BL Goode - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2010 - nature.com
Formins are highly conserved proteins that have essential roles in remodelling the actin and
microtubule cytoskeletons to influence eukaryotic cell shape and behaviour. Recent work …

Control of the actin cytoskeleton in plant cell growth

PJ Hussey, T Ketelaar, MJ Deeks - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Plant cells grow through increases in volume and cell wall surface area. The mature
morphology of a plant cell is a product of the differential rates of expansion between …

[HTML][HTML] Root hairs

C Grierson, E Nielsen, T Ketelaarc… - The Arabidopsis Book …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Roots hairs are cylindrical extensions of root epidermal cells that are important for
acquisition of nutrients, microbe interactions, and plant anchorage. The molecular …

A unified hypothesis of mechanoperception in plants

FW Telewski - American journal of botany, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The perception of mechanical stimuli in the environment is crucial to the survival of all living
organisms. Recent advances have led to the proposal of a plant‐specific mechanosensory …

Homeostasis of branched-chain amino acids is critical for the activity of TOR signaling in Arabidopsis

P Cao, SJ Kim, A Xing, CA Schenck, L Liu, N Jiang… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase is an evolutionarily conserved hub of nutrient sensing
and metabolic signaling. In plants, a functional connection of TOR activation with glucose …

Root apex transition zone as oscillatory zone

F Baluška, S Mancuso - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Root apex of higher plants shows very high sensitivity to environmental stimuli. The root cap
acts as the most prominent plant sensory organ; sensing diverse physical parameters such …

Lifeact-mEGFP reveals a dynamic apical F-actin network in tip growing plant cells

L Vidali, CM Rounds, PK Hepler, M Bezanilla - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Actin is essential for tip growth in plants. However, imaging actin in live plant
cells has heretofore presented challenges. In previous studies, fluorescent probes derived …

Actin dynamics: old friends with new stories

CJ Staiger, L Blanchoin - Current opinion in plant biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Actin dynamics, or the rapid turnover of actin filaments, play a central role in numerous
cellular processes. A large and diverse cast of characters, accessory proteins known as …

Rapid formin-mediated actin-filament elongation is essential for polarized plant cell growth

L Vidali, PAC Van Gisbergen… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Formins are present in all eukaryotes and are essential for the creation of actin-based
structures responsible for diverse cellular processes. Because multicellular organisms …

Exocytosis and cell polarity in plants–exocyst and recycling domains

V Žárský, F Cvrčková, M Potocký, M Hála - New Phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In plants, exocytosis is a central mechanism of cell morphogenesis. We still know
surprisingly little about some aspects of this process, starting with exocytotic vesicle …