A Distinct Pathway for Polar Exocytosis in Plant Cell Wall Formation

Hao Wang1, Xiaohong Zhuang1, Xiangfeng Wang1

  • 1School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (H.W., X.Z., X.W., A.H.Y.L., L.J.);College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China (H.W.);Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (T.Z., S.D., M.M.T.L.);Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (S.D.); andCUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China (L.J.).

Plant Physiology
|August 18, 2016
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