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Comparing plant and animal extracellular matrix-cytoskeleton connections — are they alike?

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Cell adhesion and communication is one of the most fascinating fields of modern biology. How do cells receive information from the environment and from neighboring cells? How does this information elicit morphogenesis, cell division and migration? The recent identification of the surface molecules involved in these events in animal systems is beginning to disclose that a continuum, extracellular matrix-plasma membrane-cytoskeleton, may be a common structure present in all eukaryotic cells. In this article we compare current knowledge on this complex structure in animal systems to the emerging data on plants. We point out the areas that need additional research to fully understand the role of the cell wall-cytoskeleton continuum in plants.

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Abbreviations

ABP:

actin-binding protein

AGP:

arabinogalactan proteins

CTK:

cytoskeleton

ECM:

extracellular matrix

FN:

fibronectin

hFN:

human fibronectin

HRGP:

hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins

hVN:

human vitronectin

PM:

plasma membrane

SAM:

substrate adhesion molecule

VN:

vitronectin

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Reuzeau, C., Pont-Lezica, R.F. Comparing plant and animal extracellular matrix-cytoskeleton connections — are they alike?. Protoplasma 186, 113–121 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01281321

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