title: Plant organelle positioning.
abstract: Correct positioning and active movement of organelles within cells are essential for cellular homeostasis and adaptation to external stresses. Unlike animal and fungal systems, plant organelle positioning has not yet been revealed at the molecular level. The recent development of organelle-targeting green fluorescent protein (GFP) constructs and genetic analyses using Arabidopsis thaliana have shed new light on the field of plant organelle positioning, which has been found to be regulated by mechanisms that are similar to and/or distinct from those used by animals and fungi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan. wada-masamitsu@c.metro-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masamitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suetsugu
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001692:Biological Transport; D060365:Chloroplast Proteins; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000502:physiology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D060365:Chloroplast Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C483724:chloroplast unusual positioning1 protein, Arabidopsis; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins