▪ Abstract Pollen tubes and root hairs are highly elongated, cylindrically shaped cells whose
polarized growth permits them to explore the environment for the benefit of the entire plant …

The fungal macrocyclic lactone brefeldin A (BFA) has proved to be of great value as an
inhibitor of protein trafficking in the endomembrane system of mammalian cells (Sciaky et al …

Doubled haploid technology has been widely applied to multiple plant species and is
recognized as one of the most important technologies for improving crop breeding efficiency …

Genome sequencing has resulted in the identification of a large number of uncharacterized
genes with unknown functions. It is widely recognized that determination of the intracellular …

Cytokinins are hormones that regulate cell division and development. As a result of a lack of
specific mutants and biochemical tools, it has not been possible to study the consequences …

The Arabidopsis receptor kinase FERONIA (FER) is a multifunctional regulator for plant
growth and reproduction. Here we report that the female gametophyte-expressed …

Fluorescent tagging of proteins and confocal imaging techniques have become methods of
choice in analysing the distributions and dynamic characteristics of proteins at the …

Plant membrane compartments and trafficking pathways are highly complex, and are often
distinct from those of animals and fungi. Progress has been made in defining trafficking in …

Plants constantly adjust their repertoire of plasma membrane proteins that mediates
transduction of environmental and developmental signals as well as transport of ions …

Small GTP-binding proteins regulate diverse processes in eukaryotic cells such as signal
transduction, cell proliferation, cytoskeletal organization, and intracellular membrane …