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Microtubule-associated kinase-like protein RUNKEL needed [corrected] for cell plate expansion in Arabidopsis cytokinesis.
Current biology : CB - 24 Mar 2009
Krupnova Tamara, Sasabe Michiko, Ghebreghiorghis Luam, Gruber Christian W, Hamada Takahiro, Dehmel Verena, Strompen Georg, Stierhof York-Dieter, Lukowitz Wolfgang, Kemmerling Birgit, Machida Yasunori, Hashimoto Takashi, Mayer Ulrike, Jürgens Gerd
Abstract excerpt
Cytokinesis partitions the cytoplasm of dividing eukaryotic cells. In higher plants, a dynamic microtubule array--phragmoplast--mediates the formation of the partitioning membrane--cell plate--in a centrifugal fashion. This phragmoplast dynamic involves microtubule-associated proteins. Mutations in a novel Arabidopsis gene RUNKEL (RUK) result in cytokinesis defects caused by abnormal phragmoplast organization and...
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