Movement of Endoplasmic Reticulum in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2021) | Viewed by 340
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant cell biology; membrane dynamics; signal transduction; lipid and sterol dynamics; image analysis and quantitation; endoplasmic reticulum.
Interests: Imaging signalling and transport in complex systems; Biological Network analysis; Slime mold networks; Long distance nutrient transport in fungi; Imaging signal transduction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has a similar structure in eukaryotes, forming a network of cisternae and tubules that connects a variety of cellular organelles via membrane contact sites, plant ER has unique connections, such as those between cells via plasmodesmata, and unique movement dynamics that accompany cytoplasmic streaming. Furthermore, plants show fundamental differences in the involvement of ER-mediated signal transduction of biotic and abiotic stresses on interorganelle associations and cytoplasmic organization. Finally, the association of the ER with plant organelles such as the chloroplast and oil body offer some interesting comparisons with the ER contact with organelles such as the mitochondrion and peroxisome. All of these associations have a choreography that live imaging, genetics, and computational analysis are beginning to reveal.
Dr. Lawrence R. Griffing
Dr. Mark Fricker
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ER membrane contact sites
- cytoplasmic streaming
- myosin
- microtubules
- ER stress
- ER signal transduction
