Plant Actin: Trying to Connect You Clive Lloyd  Current Biology  Volume 22, Issue 17, Pages R687-R689 (September 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.071 Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Actin is connected to the plant cell surface in surprising ways. The unexpected manner in which actin connects to the plant's cell surface conjures up the Professor's invention for peeling potatoes by William Heath Robinson. (Reproduced by permission of Pollinger Limited and The Estate of J.C. Robinson.) Current Biology 2012 22, R687-R689DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.071) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 NET1A decorates actin filaments and end walls in plants. (A) The NET1A actin-binding domain, expressed as a GFP fusion, decorates the actin network in a Nicotiana benthamiana epidermal cell. (B) The fusion protein (green) labels longitudinal actin cables in immature A. thaliana stele tissue and is enriched at the short end walls. An antibody against NET1A (red) confirms enrichment of NET1A at these end walls. (Images courtesy of Patrick Hussey.) Current Biology 2012 22, R687-R689DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.071) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions