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Roles of the Cytoskeleton in Plant-Rust Fungi Interactions
Song Xiaohe1, Li Yankai1, Wang Juan2, Wang Yang2, Ma Qing2*
1College of Life Sciences, Anqing Normal University, Anqing 246133, China;
2State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwestern A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
2State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwestern A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Abstract: The rust fungi are a group of widely distributed fungal plant pathogens， which can cause occasional devastating epidemics and yield losses in the world’s most important crops. The plant cytoskeleton， which consists of actin filaments and microtubules， plays an important role in plant resistance against rust fungi. In this review， we focus on cytoskeleton dynamic rearrangements， reactive oxidative species accumulation， hypersensitive response， actin filament and microtubule binding proteins， and signaling transduction in plant-rust fungi interactions， to facilitate our understanding of the complex plant resistant mechanisms against rust fungi.
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