The Arabidopsis SKU6/SPIRAL1 gene encodes a plus end-localized microtubule-interacting protein involved in directional cell expansion

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1506-1520

  Sedbrook, John C ^a   Ehrhardt, David W ^b   Fisher, Sarah E ^b   Scheible, Wolf Rüdiger ^c   Somerville, Chris R ^b,d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

CELL EXPANSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS (GFP);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 2942631496     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.020644     Document Type: Article

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