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18467155

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
Plant microtubules (MTs) polymerize and depolymerize in a process termed dynamic instability. This allows the assembly, reorganization, and disassembly of at least four MT arrays throughout the cell cycle. The cortical MT array lines the plasma membrane during interphase and plays a central role in directional cell expansion. Microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) decorate cortical MTs with distinct patterns, regulating MT dynamic instability, MT severing, and other array-ordering processes. The Arabidopsis root has emerged as a highly useful system for identifying and studying cell-expansion-related MAPs. Here, we review how cortical MTs are thought to behave and become ordered in expanding root cells, and we discuss the emerging picture of how MAPs fundamentally govern MT ordering and directional growth processes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1360-1385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Microtubules, MAPs and plant directional cell expansion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA. jcsedbr@ilstu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Review