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The rice mutantYin-Yang has been selected during a screen for resistance to cytoskeletal drugs and is characterized by alterations in epidermal cell length and a precocious onset of gravitropism. The elongation response of coleoptile segments to auxin does not reveal changes of auxin sensitivity inYin-Yang. However, in contrast to the wild type, cell elongation inYin-Yang is highly sensitive to the actin-polymerisation blocker cytochalasin D. This increased sensitivity to cytochalasin D requires optimal concentrations of auxin to become manifest. The auxin response of actin microfilaments in epidermal cells differs between wild type and mutant. In the wild type, the longitudinal microfilament bundles become loosened in response to auxin. In the mutant, these bundles disintegrate partially and are replaced by a network of short filaments surrounding the nucleus. Several aspects of the mutant phenotype can be mimicked in the wild type by treatment with cytochalasin D. The mutant phenotype is discussed in terms of signal-dependent changes of actin dynamics and the putative role of actin during cell elongation.
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Abbreviations
- CD:
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cytochalasin D
- EPC:
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ethyl-N-phenylcarbamate
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Wang, Q.Y., Nick, P. The auxin response of actin is altered in the rice mutantYin-Yang . Protoplasma 204, 22–33 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01282290
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