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Plant cytokinesis: motoring to the finish
1Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA. lsmith@biomail.ucsd.edu
Current Biology : CB
|March 23, 2002
Abstract:
Cytokinesis in plant cells involves a microtubule-containing structure, the phragmoplast, which guides the formation of new cell walls. Recent studies have identified kinesin-like proteins that appear to play a variety of roles in plant cytokinesis.