Silencing of a Cotton Actin-Binding Protein GhWLIM1C Decreases Resistance against Verticillium dahliae Infection

T Cao, M Qin, S Zhu, Y Li - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
LIM proteins are widely spread in various types of plant cells and play diversely crucial
cellular roles through actin cytoskeleton assembly and gene expression regulation. Till now …

A cotton LIM domain-containing protein (GhWLIM5) is involved in bundling actin filaments

Y Li, J Jiang, L Li, XL Wang, NN Wang, DD Li… - Plant physiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
LIM-domain proteins play important roles in cellular processes in eukaryotes. In this study, a
LIM protein gene, GhWLIM5, was identified in cotton. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed …

Cloning and expression analysis of a LIM-domain protein gene from cotton (Gossypium hirsuturm L.)

M Luo, YH Xiao, L Hou, XY Luo, DM Li… - Yi chuan xue bao= Acta …, 2003 - europepmc.org
LIM-domain protein plays an important role in various cellular processes, including
construction of cytoskeleton, transcription control and signal transduction. Based on cotton …

Cotton LIM domain‐containing protein Gh PLIM 1 is specifically expressed in anthers and participates in modulating F‐actin

L Li, Y Li, NN Wang, Y Li, R Lu, XB Li - Plant Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As one form of actin binding protein (ABP), LIM domain protein can trigger the formation of
actin bundles during plant growth and development. In this study, ac DNA (designated …

The cotton XLIM protein (Gh XLIM 6) is required for fiber development via maintaining dynamic F‐actin cytoskeleton and modulating cellulose biosynthesis

Y Li, NN Wang, Y Wang, D Liu, Y Gao, L Li… - The Plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
LIM domain proteins are cysteine‐rich proteins, and are often considered as actin bundlers
and transcription factors in plants. However, the roles of XLIM proteins in plants (especially …

Arabidopsis LIM Proteins: A Family of Actin Bundlers with Distinct Expression Patterns and Modes of Regulation

J Papuga, C Hoffmann, M Dieterle, D Moes… - The Plant …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Recently, a number of two LIM-domain containing proteins (LIMs) have been reported to
trigger the formation of actin bundles, a major higher-order cytoskeletal assembly. Here, we …

LIM proteins: a novel class of actin cytoskeleton organizers in plants

C Thomas, C Hoffmann, S Gatti… - Plant signaling & …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The eukaryotic LIM domain defines a double zinc-finger like structure that functions as a
protein-protein interaction module. Whereas in animals the LIM domain is found in …

Genome-Wide Analysis of LIM Gene Family in Populus trichocarpa, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Oryza sativa

D Arnaud, A Déjardin, JC Leplé… - DNA …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
In Eukaryotes, LIM proteins act as developmental regulators in basic cellular processes such
as regulating the transcription or organizing the cytoskeleton. The LIM domain protein family …

Towards breeding strong but fine cotton fibers with a little help from WLIM1a

J Lockhart - 2013 - academic.oup.com
The cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) fibers in that comfy sweater of yours developed from single
epidermal cells of the cotton seed coat. Mature cotton fiber cells are extremely long (up to 3 …

The two domains of cotton WLIM1a protein are functionally divergent

L Han, Y Li, Y Sun, H Wang, Z Kong, G Xia - Science China Life Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Our previous study demonstrated that WLIM1a has dual roles in fiber elongation and
secondary cell wall synthesis in upland cotton, and the protein acts either as an actin …