Plant Cytokinesis: Terminology for Structures and Processes.

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Date publication

septembre 2017

Journal

Trends in cell biology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr SCHMIT Anne-Catherine


Tous les auteurs :
Smertenko A, Assaad F, Baluška F, Bezanilla M, Buschmann H, Drakakaki G, Hauser MT, Janson M, Mineyuki Y, Moore I, Müller S, Murata T, Otegui MS, Panteris E, Rasmussen C, Schmit AC, Šamaj J, Samuels L, Staehelin LA, Van Damme D, Wasteneys G, Žárský V

Résumé

Plant cytokinesis is orchestrated by a specialized structure, the phragmoplast. The phragmoplast first occurred in representatives of Charophyte algae and then became the main division apparatus in land plants. Major cellular activities, including cytoskeletal dynamics, vesicle trafficking, membrane assembly, and cell wall biosynthesis, cooperate in the phragmoplast under the guidance of a complex signaling network. Furthermore, the phragmoplast combines plant-specific features with the conserved cytokinetic processes of animals, fungi, and protists. As such, the phragmoplast represents a useful system for understanding both plant cell dynamics and the evolution of cytokinesis. We recognize that future research and knowledge transfer into other fields would benefit from standardized terminology. Here, we propose such a lexicon of terminology for specific structures and processes associated with plant cytokinesis.

Mots clés

cell plate, cytokinesis, division plane, phragmoplast, preprophase band

Référence

Trends Cell Biol.. 2017 Sep;: