Cotton is an irreplaceable economic crop currently domesticated in the human world for its
extremely elongated fiber cells specialized in seed epidermis, which makes it of high …

The plant cytoskeleton, consisting of actin filaments and microtubules, is a highly dynamic
filamentous framework involved in plant growth, development, and stress responses …

The soil-borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae, also referred as “The Cotton Cancer,” is
responsible for causing Verticillium wilt in cotton crops, a destructive disease with a global …

The actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF) encoded by a family of genes is highly conserved
among eukaryotes and plays critical roles in the various processes of plant growth …

Plant pathogens destroy crops and cause severe yield losses, leading to an insufficient food
supply to sustain the human population. Apart from relying on natural plant immune systems …

Actin-depolymerizing factors (ADFs) are highly conserved small-molecule actin-binding
proteins found throughout eukaryotic cells. In land plants, ADFs form a small gene family that …

Grasses derive from a family of monocotyledonous plants that includes crops of major
economic importance such as wheat, rice, sorghum and barley, sharing a common ancestor …

Abstract ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR (ADF) is a conserved protein that regulates the
organization and dynamics of actin microfilaments. Eleven ADFs in the Arabidopsis thaliana …

The eukaryotic cytoskeleton is a complex scaffold consisting of actin filaments, intermediate
filaments, and microtubules. Although fungi and plants lack intermediate filaments, their …

The active structural change of actin cytoskeleton is a general host response upon pathogen
attack. This study characterized the function of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) actin …