title: Microtubule disassembly: when a sleeper is activated.
abstract: Tubulin modifications are emerging as interesting mechanisms to regulate microtubule dynamics. A new study shows that phosphorylation of α-tubulin by the atypical kinase PHS1 leads to rapid disassembly of cortical microtubules in plant cells that are under hyperosmotic stresses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: bliu@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000502:physiology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D017781:Genes, Immediate-Early; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins