title: MAPs in plant cells: delineating microtubule growth dynamics and organization.
abstract: Microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) serve a wide variety of functions, from constructing and maintaining the microtubule cytoskeleton to using this cytoskeleton to transport cargo and to tether molecules that are involved in numerous cellular processes. Throughout the cell cycle, distinct microtubule arrays carry out specific roles in cytokinesis, karyokinesis, and cell expansion. Recent findings have shed new light on the importance of MAPs in controlling microtubule growth dynamics as well as in cross-linking microtubules to facilitate the formation and function of these cytoskeletal arrays.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, USA. jcsedbr@ilstu.edu
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sedbrook
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D000074201:Katanin; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000378:metabolism; D059828:Plant Cells; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C487570:SPR1 protein, Arabidopsis; C446530:phospholipase D delta; D010739:Phospholipase D; C436244:KTN1 protein, Arabidopsis; D000074201:Katanin