The role of dynamic instability in microtubule organization

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Horio, Tetsuya ^a   Murata, Takashi ^b,c  

^a NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical array; Dynamic instability; GTP hydrolysis; Microtubule; Phragmoplast; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907763246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00511     Document Type: Review

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