Control of the actin cytoskeleton in root hair development

Plant Science

Volumn 187, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-18

  Pei, Weike ^a   Du, Fei ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   He, Tian ^a   Ren, Haiyun ^a  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Actin binding protein; Calcium; Phospholipid; Root hair; ROP

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FETOPROTEIN; FORMIN 1; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROFILIN; VILLIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOSKELETON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CYTOSKELETON; DESTRIN; FETAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5-DIPHOSPHATE; PLANT ROOTS; PROFILINS;

EID: 84862811663     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.01.008     Document Type: Review

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