Published 28 February 2005. doi:10.1083/jcb.200411170
The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525 $8.00
JCB, Volume 168, Number 5, 679-682
Conservation of boundary extension mechanisms between plants and animals
Jaideep Mathur
Molecular Cell Biology Lab, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Correspondence to Jaideep Mathur: jmathur{at}uoguelph.ca
Abstract
Locomotion clearly sets plants and animals apart. However, recent studies in higher plants reveal cell-biological and molecular features similar to those observed at the leading edge of animal cells and suggest conservation of boundary extension mechanisms between motile animal cells and nonmotile plant cells.
Abbreviations used in this paper: ARP, actin-related protein; ROP, Rho-related GTPase of plants; SCAR, suppressor of cAMP receptor; WAVE, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family verprolin-homologous protein.

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