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The Role of Microtubules in Root Hair Growth and Cellulose Microfibril Deposition

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Cortical microtubules (CMT) were first observed in plant cells (Ledbetter and Porter 1963) by transmission electron microscopy. In intercalary growing cells, CMT have always been found oriented with a right angle to the elongation axis of the cell (reviewed in Cyr 1994). Moreover, if CMT are depolymerized by addition of pharmalogical agents, cells expand isotropically (colchicine: Green 1962; dinitroaniline herbicides: Upadhyaya and Noodén 1977; Baskin et al. 1994). Stabilization of CMT by taxol also leads to more isotropic growth (Baskin et al. 1994). Furthermore, growth regulators affect the orientation of the CMT (e.g., van Spronsen et al. 1995). Most researchers agree that the orientation of the CMT determines the direction of cell expansion.

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Ketelaar, T., Emons, A.M.C. (2000). The Role of Microtubules in Root Hair Growth and Cellulose Microfibril Deposition. In: Ridge, R.W., Emons, A.M.C. (eds) Root Hairs. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68370-4_2

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