Cytoskeletal proteins and gene regulation: form, function, and signal transduction in the nucleus.
The cytoskeleton is important for controlling cell shape and cell motility and for organizing signaling complexes. Additionally, connections are being found between cytoskeletal proteins and the regulation of gene expression in the nucleus. De Lanerolle and Cole discuss new insights from plants that show that a plant member of the COOH-terminal binding protein (CtBP) and the brefeldin A adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylated subtrates (BARS) proteins, ANGUSTIFOLIA, may be a regulator of both the microtubule-based cytoskeleton and a transcriptional regulator. Additionally, they describe how actin and myosins may play similar roles in regulating gene expression in the nucleus of mammalian cells.
de Lanerolle
Primal
P
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. primal@uic.edu
Cole
Anthony B
AB
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins