Part I Molecular Basis of the Plant Cytoskeleton
1 Actin Functions in the Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
Compartments ................................................. 3
Richard B. Meagher, Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy, and Lori
King
2 Plant Myosins ............................................... 33
Etsuo Yokota and Teruo Shimmen
3 Actin-Binding Proteins and Actin Dynamics in Plant Cells .... 57
Shanjin Huang, Yun Xiang, and Haiyun Ren
4 Microtubule Nucleation and Organization in Plant Cells ...... 81
Takashi Murata and Mitsuyasu Hasebe
5 Microtubule Plus End-Tracking Proteins and Their
Activities in Plants ........................................ 95
Robin E. Young and Sherryl R. Bisgrove
6 Microtubule Motor Proteins in the Eukaryotic Green
Lineage: Functions and Regulation .......................... 119
A.S.N. Reddy and Irene S. Day
Part II Cytoskeletal Reorganization in Plant Cell Division
7 The Preprophase Band and Division Site Determination in
Land Plants ................................................ 145
Yann Duroc, David Bouchez, and Martine Pastuglia
8 Acentrosomal Spindle Formation Through the Heroic Age of
Microscopy: Past Techniques, Present Thoughts, and
Future Directions .......................................... 187
Jennelle L. Malcos and Richard Cyr
9 Microtubule Organization in the Phragmoplast ............... 207
Bo Liu, Takashi Hotta, Chin-Min Kimmy Ho, and Yuh-Ru
Julie Lee
Part III The Cytoskeleton in Plant Growth and Development
10 Signaling to the Cytoskeleton in Diffuse Cell Growth ....... 229
Ying Fu and Zhenbiao Yang
11 Microtubule and Cell Shape Determination ................... 245
Takashi Hashimoto
12 Cytoskeleton and Root Hair Growth .......................... 259
Eunsook Park and Andreas Nebenführ
13 Microtubules, MAPs and Xylem Formation ..................... 277
Edouard Pesquet and Clive Lloyd
14 The Cytoskeleton and Root Growth Behavior .................. 307
Laura M. Vaughn, Katherine L. Baldwin, Gengxiang Jia,
Julian C. Verdonk, Allison K. Strohm, and Patrick
H. Masson
Index ......................................................... 327
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