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. 2003 Oct;133(2):482-91.
doi: 10.1104/pp.103.027250.

Cytoskeleton-plasma membrane-cell wall continuum in plants. Emerging links revisited

Frantisek Baluska  1 , Jozef Samaj, Przemyslaw Wojtaszek, Dieter Volkmann, Diedrik Menzel
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Cytoskeleton-plasma membrane-cell wall continuum in plants. Emerging links revisited

Frantisek Baluska et al. Plant Physiol. 2003 Oct.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Schematic presentation of emerging linkers between the cytoskeleton and cell walls in plant cells. We depict here idealized cross-wall of a root cell with one plasmodesmos (PD) traversed by an element of endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Adhesive pectins (in orange color) in the cell wall (CW) are known to line the outer face of the plasma membrane (PM) and to accomplish endocytosis-driven recycling (orange circles). Pectins can directly interact with WAKs, other receptor-like kinases, and arabinogalactan-proteins. Putative linkers are numbered (see below) and are suggested to interact, directly or via unknown adaptor molecules, either with actin filaments (green lines) or with microtubules (black lines). Unconventional myosin of the class VIII (red circles) accumulates within plasmodesmata and may serve as an adaptor between the actin filaments and callose synthase. Putative linkers between the plant cytoskeleton and cell wall include: 1, WAK; 2, arabinogalactan-protein (AGP); 3, callose synthase; 4, plant-specific myosin of the class VIII; 5, other receptor-like kinase; 6, formin; 7, cellulose synthase; 8, phospholipase D. The question marks refer to hypothetical interactions.
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