The cytoskeleton as a regulator and target of biotic interactions in plants

D Takemoto, AR Hardham - Plant Physiology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The plant cytoskeleton is a highly dynamic and versatile intracellular scaffold composed of
microtubules and actin microfilaments and plays an important role in many aspects of plant …

Actin cytoskeleton in plants: from transport networks to signaling networks

D Volkmann, F Baluška - Microscopy research and technique, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The plant actin cytoskeleton is characterized by a high diversity in regard to gene families,
isoforms, and degree of polymerization. In addition to the most abundant F‐actin assemblies …

Mutations in actin-related proteins 2 and 3 affect cell shape development in Arabidopsis

J Mathur, N Mathur, B Kernebeck… - The Plant Cell, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Abstract ACTIN-RELATED PROTEINS 2 and 3 form the major subunits of the ARP2/3
complex, which is known as an important regulator of actin organization in diverse …

The role of actin in root hair morphogenesis: studies with lipochito‐oligosaccharide as a growth stimulator and cytochalasin as an actin perturbing drug

DD Miller, NCA De Ruijter, T Bisseling… - The Plant …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Root hairs develop from bulges on root epidermal cells and elongate by tip growth, in which
Golgi vesicles are targeted, released and inserted into the plasma membrane on one side of …

The receptor‐like MLO protein and the RAC/ROP family G‐protein RACB modulate actin reorganization in barley attacked by the biotrophic powdery mildew fungus …

KS Opalski, H Schultheiss, KH Kogel… - The Plant …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Cytoskeleton remodelling is a crucial process in determining the polarity of dividing and
growing plant cells, as well as during interactions with the environment. Nothing is currently …

Endocytosis and vesicle trafficking during tip growth of root hairs

M Ovečka, I Lang, F Baluška, A Ismail, P Illeš… - Protoplasma, 2005 - Springer
The directional elongation of root hairs,“tip growth”, depends on the coordinated and highly
regulated trafficking of vesicles which fill the tip cytoplasm and are active in secretion of cell …

Arabidopsis CROOKED encodes for the smallest subunit of the ARP2/3 complex and controls cell shape by region specific fine F-actin formation

J Mathur, N Mathur, V Kirik, B Kernebeck, BP Srinivas… - 2003 - journals.biologists.com
The generation of a specific cell shape requires differential growth, whereby specific regions
of the cell expand more relative to others. The Arabidopsis crooked mutant exhibits aberrant …

Myo4p and She3p are required for cortical ER inheritance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

P Estrada, J Kim, J Coleman, L Walker, B Dunn… - The Journal of cell …, 2003 - rupress.org
Myo4p is a nonessential type V myosin required for the bud tip localization of ASH1 and
IST2 mRNA. These mRNAs associate with Myo4p via the She2p and She3p proteins. She3p …

Loss of actin cytoskeletal function and EDS1 activity, in combination, severely compromises non‐host resistance in Arabidopsis against wheat powdery mildew

BW Yun, HA Atkinson, C Gaborit, A Greenland… - The Plant …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Plant immunity against the majority of the microbial pathogens is conveyed by a
phenomenon known as non‐host resistance (NHR). This defence mechanism affords …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of the mitogen‐activated protein kinase SIMK in regulation of root hair tip growth

J Šamaj, M Ovecka, A Hlavacka, F Lecourieux… - The EMBO …, 2002 - embopress.org
Mitogen‐activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are involved in stress signaling to the actin
cytoskeleton in yeast and animals. We have analyzed the function of the stress‐activated …