Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 10, The Plant Cytoskeleton in Cell Differentiation and Development,

by Editor: Patrick J. Hussey (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham)

• ISBN13: 9781405147873
• ISBN10: 1405147873
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 10The cytoskeleton is a dynamic filamentous structure composed of at least actin and microtubule networks. Actin and microtubules are no different structurally from their animal and fungal counterparts. However, the strategies of cell differentiation and development in plants require this network to respond appropriately to plant-specific developmental cues and to environmental factors. This book views the cytoskeleton from different perspectives but, on the whole, as a network composed of structural and regulatory proteins controlled by internal and external stimuli that result in different aspects of cell differentiation.This is a volume for researchers and professionals in plant biochemistry, cell biology and genetics.

Table of Contents

The cytoskeleton: the machinery and key molecules

Microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins

Actin and actinûmodulating proteins

Fundamental cytoskeleton activities

Expanding beyond the great divide: the cytoskeleton and axial growth

Re-staging plant mitosis

Organelle movements: transport and positioning

The cell wall: a sensory panel for signal transduction

The cytoskeleton and plant cell morphogenesis

Development of root hairs

Signaling the cytoskeleton in pollen tube germination and growth

Cytoskeletal requirements during Arabidopsis trichome development

Signaling and the cytoskeleton in guard cells

References

Index

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