Central root cap cells are depleted of endoplasmic microtubules and actin microfilament bundles: Implications for their role as gravity-sensing statocytes

Protoplasma

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 212-223

  Baluska F ^a,b   Kreibaum, Alessandra ^a   Vitha, S ^a,c   Parker, Jill S ^d   Barlow, P W ^d   Sievers, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Gravity perception; Lepidium; Lycopersicum; Phleum; Root cap; Zea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030931315     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01279569     Document Type: Article

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