ArticleFrontiers in plant science2015
Emerging roles for microtubules in angiosperm pollen tube growth highlight new research cues.
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- Signals and Their Perception for Remodelling, Adjustment and Repair of the Plant Cell Wall.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Microtubule cytoskeleton and mycorrhizal roots.Plant signaling & behavior · 2022Article
- The legacy of kinesins in the pollen tube 30 years later.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2022Review
- Essential role of the endocytic site-associated protein Ecm25 in stress-induced cell elongation.Cell reports · 2021Article
- A Novel Putative Microtubule-Associated Protein Is Involved in Arbuscule Development during Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Formation.Plant & cell physiology · 2021Article
- Global Transcriptional Insights of Pollen-Pistil Interactions Commencing Self-Incompatibility and Fertilization in Tea [International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- Microtubules play a role in trafficking prevacuolar compartments to vacuoles in tobacco pollen tubes.Open biology · 2018Article
- Evolutionary characterization and transcript profiling of β-tubulin genes in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) during plant development.BMC plant biology · 2017Article
- Male gametophyte development and function in angiosperms: a general concept.Plant reproduction · 2016Review
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Abstract
In plants, actin filaments have an important role in organelle movement and cytoplasmic streaming. Otherwise microtubules (MTs) have a role in restricting organelles to specific areas of the cell and in maintaining organelle morphology. In somatic plant cells, MTs also participate in cell division and morphogenesis, allowing cells to take their definitive shape in order to perform specific functions. In the latter case, MTs influence assembly of the cell wall, controlling the delivery of enzymes involved in cellulose synthesis and of wall modulation material to the proper sites. In angiosperm pollen tubes, organelle movement is generally attributed to the acto-myosin system, the main role of which is in distributing organelles in the cytoplasm and in carrying secretory vesicles to the apex for polarized growth. Recent data on membrane trafficking suggests a role of MTs in fine delivery and repositioning of vesicles to sustain pollen tube growth. This review examines the role of MTs in secretion and endocytosis, highlighting new research cues regarding cell wall construction and pollen tube-pistil crosstalk, that help unravel the role of MTs in polarized growth.
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