7 Development of Root Hairs
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 10: The Plant Cytoskeleton in Cell Differentiation and Development
3. The Cytoskeleton and Plant Cell Morphogenesis
Claire Grierson,
Tijs Ketelaar,
Claire Grierson
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1UG
Search for more papers by this authorTijs Ketelaar
The Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DHI 3LE UK
Search for more papers by this authorClaire Grierson,
Tijs Ketelaar,
Claire Grierson
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1UG
Search for more papers by this authorTijs Ketelaar
The Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DHI 3LE UK
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 19 April 2018
This article was originally published in 2004 in The Plant Cytoskeleton in Cell Differentiation and Development, Volume 10 (ISBN 9781841274218) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Patrick J. Hussey. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Roles of the Cytoskeleton in Root Hair Morphogenesis
- Mechanisms that Regulate the Cytoskeleton during Root Hair Development
- The Genetic Network Controlling Root Hair Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis
- Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
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