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The sliding theory of cytoplasmic streaming: fifty years of progress

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Fifty years ago, an important paper appeared in Botanical Magazine Tokyo. Kamiya and Kuroda proposed a sliding theory for the mechanism of cytoplasmic streaming. This pioneering study laid the basis for elucidation of the molecular mechanism of cytoplasmic streaming—the motive force is generated by the sliding of myosin XI associated with organelles along actin filaments, using the hydrolysis energy of ATP. The role of the actin–myosin system in various plant cell functions is becoming evident. The present article reviews progress in studies on cytoplasmic streaming over the past 50 years.

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Shimmen, T. The sliding theory of cytoplasmic streaming: fifty years of progress. J Plant Res 120, 31–43 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-006-0061-0

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