Cytokinesis in the Arabidopsis Embryo Involves the Syntaxin-Related KNOLLE Gene Product
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Cytokinesis in the Arabidopsis Embryo Involves the Syntaxin-Related KNOLLE Gene Product
The embryo of the flowering plant Arabidopsis develops by a regular pattern of cell divisions and cell shape changes. Mutations in the KNOLLE (KN) gene affect the rate and plane of cell divisions as well as cell morphology, resulting in mutant seedlings with a disturbed radial organization of tissue layers. At the cellular level, mutant embryos are characterized by incomplete cross walls and en...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80993-9