[HTML][HTML] Microtubule targeting agents in disease: classic drugs, novel roles

L Wordeman, JJ Vicente - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microtubules (MTs) are highly conserved proteins present in all eukaryotic
organisms. They form the cell cytoskeleton, and its function is essential for a large number of …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro ploidy manipulation for crop improvement

DH Touchell, IE Palmer, TG Ranney - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In vitro regeneration systems provide a powerful tool for manipulating ploidy to facilitate
breeding and development of new crops. Polyploid induction can expand breeding …

Tobacco mosaic virus infection spreads cell to cell as intact replication complexes

S Kawakami, Y Watanabe… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Plant viruses encode movement proteins (MPs) that facilitate cell–cell transport of infection
through plasmodesmata. Intracellular and intercellular spread of virus replication complexes …

Dynamic reorganization of microfilaments and microtubules is necessary for the expression of non‐host resistance in barley coleoptile cells

Y Kobayashi, I Kobayashi, Y Funaki… - The Plant …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
To show the involvement of microfilaments and microtubules in non‐host resistance of
barley, partially dissected coleoptiles which had been inoculated with a non‐pathogen …

The POLARIS Peptide of Arabidopsis Regulates Auxin Transport and Root Growth via Effects on Ethylene Signaling

PM Chilley, SA Casson, P Tarkowski, N Hawkins… - The Plant …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The rate and plane of cell division and anisotropic cell growth are critical for plant
development and are regulated by diverse mechanisms involving several hormone …

Dinitroanilines bind α-tubulin to disrupt microtubules

NS Morrissette, A Mitra, D Sept… - Molecular biology of the …, 2004 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Protozoan parasites are remarkably sensitive to dinitroanilines such as oryzalin, which
disrupt plant but not animal microtubules. To explore the basis of dinitroaniline action, we …

Cellular and molecular actions of dinitroaniline and phosphorothioamidate herbicides on Plasmodium falciparum: tubulin as a specific antimalarial target

BJ Fennell, JA Naughton, E Dempsey, A Bell - Molecular and Biochemical …, 2006 - Elsevier
Microtubules play important roles in cell division, motility and structural integrity of malarial
parasites. Some microtubule inhibitors disrupt parasite development at very low …

Molecular bases for sensitivity to tubulin-binding herbicides in green foxtail

C Délye, Y Menchari, S Michel, H Darmency - Plant Physiology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We investigated the molecular bases for resistance to several classes of herbicides that bind
tubulins in green foxtail (Setaria viridis L. Beauv.). We identified two α-and two β-tubulin …

Plant cell growth responds to external forces and the response requires intact microtubules

CL Wymer, SA Wymer, DJ Cosgrove, RJ Cyr - Plant Physiology, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Microfibril deposition in most plant cells is influenced by cortical microtubules. Thus, cortical
microtubules are templates that provide spatial information to the cell wall. How cortical …

Tobacco Mosaic Virus Movement Protein Functions as a Structural Microtubule-Associated Protein

J Ashby, E Boutant, M Seemanpillai… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
The cell-to-cell spread of Tobacco mosaic virus infection depends on virus-encoded
movement protein (MP), which is believed to form a ribonucleoprotein complex with viral …