Microtubules and the shape of plants to come

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Lloyd, Clive ^a   Chan, Jordi ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; MICROFIBRILS; MICROTUBULES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS;

EID: 0345871043     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1277     Document Type: Review

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