Plant cell division: building walls in the right places.
Plant cells are surrounded by walls that define their shapes and fix their positions with tissues. Consequently, establishment of a plant's cellular framework during development depends largely on the positions in which new walls are formed during cytokinesis. Experiments using various approaches are now building on classical studies to shed light on the mechanisms underlying the spatial control of cytokinesis.
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Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA. lsmith@biomail.ucsd.edu
D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics; D016764:Cell Polarity; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D059828:Plant Cells; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics; D003313:Zea mays / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics