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Endocytosis in plants
Svitáková, Lenka ; Krtková, Jana (advisor) ; Hála, Michal (referee)
Endocytosis is a process typical for eukaryotic cells. It is a mechanism that ensures invagination of the plasma membrane which leads to the creation of a membrane vesicle with specifically selected cargo. The vesicle is then internalized by the cell. Endocytosis has a crucial role in plant growth and development not only thanks to the reception of nutrients from the extracellular space but also by having a huge impact on the membrane composition which influences cellular signalling. There are few types of endocytosis known in plants. They differ from each other by the molecular machinery which ensures their process. The most studied type in plants is the clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Clathrin-coated vesicle formation proceeds through five stages. However, there are less details known about it in plant cells than in animal cells. In the first part of my bachelor thesis I describe recent knowledge of this topic and the most important participants in this process. I also mention the mechanisms of regulations that plant cells use to coordinate clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In the second part I summarize recently discovered types of endocytosis in plants that are independent from clathrin. These are endocytosis associated with microdomains and fluid- phase endocytosis. The details of these endocytic...

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