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In a variety of plant cells, chloroplasts change their intracellular arrangement and/or distribution in response to light signals, such as the direction, fluence rate and wavelength. Rapid improvements in cell biological techniques, which enable visualization of cytoskeletal organization in plant cells, has made it increasingly evident that actin microfilaments play a critical role in regulating the intracellular movements and anchoring of chloroplasts. Recent progress in this field is briefly summarized and a possible mode of action of the actin cytoskeleton in the photocontrol of motility of chloroplasts is discussed.
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Takagi, S. (2000). Roles for Actin Filaments in Chloroplast Motility and Anchoring. In: Staiger, C.J., Baluška, F., Volkmann, D., Barlow, P.W. (eds) Actin: A Dynamic Framework for Multiple Plant Cell Functions. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 89. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9460-8_12
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