Microtubule Defects and Cell Morphogenesis in the lefty1lefty2 Hibulin Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-220

  Abe, Tatsuya ^a   Thitamadee, Siripong ^a,b   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

tubulin; Arabidopsis thaliana; Helical growth; Isotropic expansion; lefty mutants; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEDLING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROTUBULES; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEEDLING; TUBULIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 1542351006     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch026     Document Type: Article

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