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19144522

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
The shape of plant cells depends on cortical microtubules. Their freedom from central microtubule organizing centres provides a powerful experimental system to study microtubule self-organization. New ideas have emerged from live-cell imaging of microtubules, particularly in the model system Arabidopsis thaliana, revealing the importance of encounters between microtubules in driving self-organization. Encounters are modulated by intrinsic microtubule-assembly dynamics, along with polymer activities that include cortical attachment, bundling and severing. Balancing the activities of microtubule-associated proteins (such as MOR1, CLASP, MAP65s and katanins) that control these processes is crucial for fine-tuning the organization of microtubule arrays. Too much or too little of any given activity tips the balance, with often dramatic effects on array organization, cell morphogenesis and even organ chirality.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1879-3088
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
62-71
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatial organization of plant cortical microtubules: close encounters of the 2D kind.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, Canada. geoffwas@interchange.ubc.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't