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American Journal of Botany, Vol 84, 1530, Copyright © 1997 by Botanical Society of America, Inc.

PHYSIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

Cytochalasin D does not inhibit gravitropism in roots

MP Staves, R Wayne and AC Leopold

It is generally thought that sedimenting plastids are responsible for gravity sensing in higher plants. We directly tested the model generated by the current statolith hypothesis that the gravity sensing that leads to gravitropism results from an interaction between the plastids and actin microfilaments. We find that the primary roots of rice, corn, and cress undergo normal gravitropism and growth even when exposed to cytochalasin D, a disruptor of actin microfilaments. These results indicate that an interaction between amyloplasts and the actin cytoskeleton is not critical for gravity sensing in higher plants and weaken the current statolith hypothesis.


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