ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2000, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (1): 37-41. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2000.01.008

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A Brife Sketch of the Progress of Microfilament Cytoskeleton and Signal Transduction

LEI Yuhua1, YAN Zhifen2, YAN Yuping3, WEI Jiankun2   

  1. 1. Biology Department, Hebei Teachers University, Shijiazhuang 050016;
    2. Agro-Physics, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultrual and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050051;
    3. Chinese Medicine Department, Chinese Traditional Medicine College of Hebei Medicine University, Shijiazhuang 050091
  • Received:1999-08-23 Published:2000-03-28

Abstract: As one of the cytoskeletons, microfilament is important in many cell functions. In recent years, evidences show that microfilament is regulated by the signal transdution. There are a extracelluar matrix (ECM)-plasma membrane (PM)-cytoskeleton (CTK) continuum in animal cell. The intracelluar or extracelluar signals may be transmitted bidirectionally, that is from the ECM to the CTK and vice versa. Recent evidences also show that plant cell may have a cell wall (CW)-plasmalemma (PM)-cytoskeleton (CTK) continuum. This continuum is similar to and funtionally parallels that of animal systems. We also described the main signaling pathways that regulate the microfilament cytoskeleton.

Key words: Microfilament cytoskeleton, Signal transduction, Actin, Continuum

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LEI Yuhua, YAN Zhifen, YAN Yuping, WEI Jiankun. A Brife Sketch of the Progress of Microfilament Cytoskeleton and Signal Transduction[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2000, 15(1): 37-41. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2000.01.008.

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