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. 2023 Jun 26;35(7):2447-2448.
doi: 10.1093/plcell/koad104.

Charting the course of asymmetric cell division in maize: The crucial role of OPAQUE1 in guiding the phragmoplast

Arpita Yadav  1   2
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Charting the course of asymmetric cell division in maize: The crucial role of OPAQUE1 in guiding the phragmoplast

Arpita Yadav. Plant Cell. .
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Role of O1 in phragmoplast guidance. The pre-prophase band marks the inicipient cortical division site, followed by markers for the division site such as TAN1 and POK proteins also present in the phragmoplast. Actin filaments and myosin VIII direct the phragmoplast to the division site in wild-type cells (Wu and Bezanilla 2014). The phragmoplast keeps growing when it encounters the cortex, and contacts are maintained by microtubules (Bellinger et al. 2021). POK, TAN, and O1 act as mediators as the cell plate fuses with the parental plasma membrane in the wild type along the established division site. In o1 mutants, the phragmoplast becomes misguided following initial contact, leading to aberrant division planes. Adapted from Nan et al. (2023), Figure 9.
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