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  • Title: Microtubules and the shape of plants to come.
    Author: Lloyd C, Chan J.
    Journal: Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol; 2004 Jan; 5(1):13-22. PubMed ID: 14708006.
    Abstract:
    Plants control the direction of cell expansion as a way of shaping growth. Since their discovery in plants 40 years ago, microtubules have been suspected of forming a template that helps to regulate the direction of growth. The detailed mechanism, however, has been elusive, especially as plants lack a microtubule-organizing centre. Developmental mutants are now beginning to show how microtubules are organized and how this affects plant morphology.
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