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. 2013 Dec 6;342(6163):1180-1.
doi: 10.1126/science.1248235.

Botany. Shining light at microtubule crossroads

Antonina Roll-Mecak  1
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Botany. Shining light at microtubule crossroads

Antonina Roll-Mecak. Science. .
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(Top panel) Severing dependent microtubule growth is analogous to a railroad turntable that splits two tracks (Middle panel) Microtubule amplification and array reorientation driven by katanin severing in the plant cortical array (Lowe panel) Microtubules are arranged in diverse patterns best adapted to cell type and organism; interphase cell, radial; epithelial cell, parallel, neuron, tiled.
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