Cell polarity plays an important role in plant development, but the mechanisms that first establish polarity cues remain obscure. By contrast, a flurry of information has recently emerged on the elaboration of cell shape from such unknown initial cell-polarity cues. Recent studies suggest that Rho-related GTPases in plants (ROPs), and their effector targets among the ROP-interactive CRIB motif-containing proteins (RICs), mediate two antagonistic pathways that have opposing action on cell polarization. ROP proteins appear to interact directly with upstream regulators of the ARP2/3 complex, which are conserved modulators of the actin cytoskeleton. ROP function is dependent on the class 1 ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs), which are core components of the vesicle transport machinery that are also involved in the polar localization of PIN-FORMED (PIN) family auxin efflux facilitators. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Xu, J., & Scheres, B. (2005, December). Cell polarity: ROPing the ends together. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2005.09.003
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