Abstract
The actin cytoskeleton is a dynamic filamentous structure composed of actin and its associated proteins. In non-motile plant cells, the actin cytoskeleton powers diverse intracellular motility events and has been implicated in numerous fundamental physiological cellular processes, including cell division, cytokinesis and cell morphogenesis. Normally, these actin-based functions are carried out by the filamentous form of actin. Therefore, one central question in this field is how actin polymerizes to form diverse dynamic networks in plant cells. Despite lots of promising progresses have been made on this topic in recent years, many questions remain to be answered. In this chapter, we will briefly describe the basic information of the actin cytoskeleton, followed by the description of the organization and dynamics as well as the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in plants.
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Wang, J. et al. (2015). Actin Cytoskeleton. In: Assmann, S., Liu, B. (eds) Plant Cell Biology., vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7881-2_6-1
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