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Cellulose Synthase-Like D1 is integral to normal cell division, expansion, and leaf development in maize.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2012
Hunter Charles T, Kirienko Daniel Hill, Sylvester Anne W, Peter Gary F, McCarty Donald R, Koch Karen E
Abstract excerpt
The Cellulose Synthase-Like D (CslD) genes have important, although still poorly defined, roles in cell wall formation. Here, we show an unexpected involvement of CslD1 from maize (Zea mays) in cell division. Both division and expansion were altered in the narrow-organ and warty phenotypes of the csld1 mutants. Leaf width was reduced by 35%, due mainly to a 47% drop in the number of cell files across the blade....
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