Repository logo
 

Plant Vasculature: Selective Membrane-to-Microtubule Tethering Patterns the Xylem Cell Wall.

Accepted version
Peer-reviewed

Change log

Authors

Kalmbach, Lothar 
Helariutta, Yrjö 

Abstract

To introduce pits into a cell wall, plants depolymerize cortical microtubules, which prevents subsequent secondary cell wall thickening. A newly identified protein tethers microtubules to the plasma membrane and contains this breakdown to defined regions, thereby shaping these holes.

Description

Keywords

Cell Membrane, Cell Wall, Microtubules, Xylem, rho GTP-Binding Proteins

Journal Title

Curr Biol

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

0960-9822
1879-0445

Volume Title

27

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
European Research Council (323052)
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (GAT3395/PR3)