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Calcium and the plant cytoskeleton
Author(s) -
WILLIAMSON RICHARD E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1984.tb01433.x
Subject(s) - cytoskeleton , chlamydomonas , cytoplasmic streaming , cytoplasm , cytosol , microbiology and biotechnology , plant cell , calcium , acetabularia , algae , microtubule , botany , physarum , chara , biophysics , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , cell , physarum polycephalum , enzyme , organic chemistry , mutant , gene
Abstract. The regulation of the plant cytoskeleton by the concentration of free ionized Ca 2+ in the cytosol is discussed. The effect is illustrated by considering the role of Ca 2+ in regulating cytoplasmic streaming in Physarum and characean algae, and flagellar beating in Chlamydomonas . Examples are given of cytoskeletal processes in other plant cells that may be Ca 2+ ‐regulated, together with an appraisal of some technical difficulties that currently limit their study.