NDLI: ACTIN2 Is Essential for Bulge Site Selection and Tip Growth during Root Hair Development of Arabidopsis1

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Author	Christoph, Ringli Baumberger, Nicolas Diet, Anouck Frey, Beat Keller, Beat
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Root hairs develop as long extensions from root epidermal cells. After the formation of an initial bulge at the distal end of the epidermal cell, the root hair structure elongates by tip growth. Because root hairs are not surrounded by other cells, root hair formation provides an excellent system for studying the highly complex process of plant cell growth. Pharmacological experiments with actin filament-interfering drugs have provided evidence that the actin cytoskeleton is an important factor in the establishment of cell polarity and in the maintenance of the tip growth machinery at the apex of the growing root hair. However, there has been no genetic evidence to directly support this assumption. We have isolated an Arabidopsis mutant, deformed root hairs 1 (der1), that is impaired in root hair development. The DER1 locus was cloned by map-based cloning and encodes ACTIN2 (ACT2), a major actin of the vegetative tissue. The three der1 alleles develop the mutant phenotype to different degrees and are all missense mutations, thus providing the means to study the effect of partially functional ACT2. The detailed characterization of the der1 phenotypes revealed that ACT2 is not only involved in root hair tip growth, but is also required for correct selection of the bulge site on the epidermal cell. Thus, the der1 mutants are useful tools to better understand the function of the actin cytoskeleton in the process of root hair formation.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.005777
Ending Page	1472
Page Count	9
Starting Page	1464
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00320889
e-ISSN	15322548
Journal	Plant Physiology
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	129
Language	English
Publisher	American Society of Plant Physiologists
Publisher Date	2002-08-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society of Plant Physiologists
Subject Keyword	Plant Science Genetics Physiology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Physiology Plant Science

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