Investigations of the actin cytoskeleton during cellular morphogenesis and responses to the environment

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Pollen Projects:

• Profilin & Corn POPs
• Self-Incompatibility in Poppy

Arabidopsis Projects:

• Fimbrin
• Regulation of Actin Filament Ends
• Cytoskeletal Proteins Involved in Abiotic Stress

Recent Publications

Identification of plant cytoskeleton-interacting proteins by screening for actin stress fiber association in mammalian fibroblasts

A Novel Mechanism for the Formation of Actin-Filament Bundles by a Nonprocessive Formin

The Formin Homology 1 Domain Modulates the Actin Nucleation and Bundling Activity of Arabidopsis FORMIN1

Arabidopsis VILLIN1 Generates Actin Filament Cables That Are Resistant to Depolymerization

Heterodimeric Capping Protein from Arabidopsis Is Regulated by Phosphatidic Acid

Actin depolymerization is sufficient to induce programmed cell death in self-incompatible pollen

A Gelsolin-like Protein from Papaver rhoeas Pollen (PrABP80) Stimulates Calcium-regulated Severing and Depolymerization of Actin Filaments

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