Augmin plays a critical role in organizing the spindle and phragmoplast microtubule arrays in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2606-2618

  Ho, Chin Min Kimmy ^a   Hotta, Takashi ^a   Kong, Zhaosheng ^a   Zeng, Cui Jing Tracy ^a   Sun, Jie ^a,b   Lee, Yuh Ru Julie ^a   Liu, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80051939295     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.086892     Document Type: Article

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