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Mutant alleles of Arabidopsis RADIALLY SWOLLEN 4 and 7 reduce growth anisotropy without altering the transverse orientation of cortical microtubules or cellulose microfibrils.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Oct 2002
Wiedemeier Allison M D, Judy-March Jan E, Hocart Charles H, Wasteneys Geoffrey O, Williamson Richard E, Baskin Tobias I
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The anisotropic growth of plant cells depends on cell walls having anisotropic mechanical properties, which are hypothesized to arise from aligned cellulose microfibrils. To test this hypothesis and to identify genes involved in controlling plant shape, we isolated mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana in which the degree of anisotropic expansion of the root is reduced. We report here the characterization of mutants at...
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