Microtubules and the shape of plants to come
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Vol. 5 (1) , 13-23
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm1277
Abstract
Plants control the direction of cell expansion as a way of shaping growth. Since their discovery in plants 40 years ago, microtubules have been suspected of forming a template that helps to regulate the direction of growth. The detailed mechanism, however, has been elusive, especially as plants lack a microtubule-organizing centre. Developmental mutants are now beginning to show how microtubules are organized and how this affects plant morphology.Keywords
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