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A minus-end directed kinesin motor directs gravitropism in Physcomitrella patens.
Nature communications - 22 Jul 2021
Li Yufan, Deng Zhaoguo, Kamisugi Yasuko, Chen Zhiren, Wang Jiajun, Han Xue, Wei Yuxiao, He Hang, Terzaghi William, Cove David J, Cuming Andrew C, Chen Haodong
Abstract excerpt
Gravity is a critical environmental factor regulating directional growth and morphogenesis in plants, and gravitropism is the process by which plants perceive and respond to the gravity vector. The cytoskeleton is proposed to play important roles in gravitropism, but the underlying mechanisms are obscure. Here we use genetic screening in Physcomitrella patens, to identify a locus GTRC, that when mutated, reverses...
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