Phosphoinositides Break Microtubule Dynamics Symmetry in the Phragmoplast.

Phosphoinositides Break Microtubule Dynamics Symmetry in the Phragmoplast.
Trends Cell Biol. 2019 Apr 05;:
Authors: Smertenko A
Abstract
Plant cytokinesis rely on asymmetric behavior of microtubules: bulk polymerization at the phragmoplast leading zone and bulk depolymerization at the phragmoplast lagging zone. Recent findings demonstrate that phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase beta (PI4Kβ) plays an essential role in this asymmetry by facilitating the establishment of the phragmoplast lagging zone.
PMID: 30962043 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Trends in Cell Biology - April 4, 2019 Category: Cytology Authors: Smertenko A Tags: Trends Cell Biol Source Type: research