Profilin is essential for tip growth in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3705-3722

  Vidali, Luis ^a   Augustine, Robert C ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^b   Bezanilla, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; LIGANDS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PROTEINS; RNA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CORTICAL PATCHES; PROFILIN; RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI);

CELL GROWTH;

BRYOPHYTA; LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 37848999440     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.053413     Document Type: Article

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