Cracking the elusive alignment hypothesis: The microtubule-cellulose synthase nexus unraveled

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 666-674

  Bringmann, Martin ^a   Landrein, Benoit ^b,c   Schudoma, Christian ^a   Hamant, Olivier ^b,c   Hauser, Marie Theres ^d   Persson, Staffan ^a  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Laboratoire Joliot Curie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT CELLS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS;

EID: 84868206947     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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