Phragmoplast with Microtubules and Myosin (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Phragmoplast with Microtubules and Myosin

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The large globular objects in cyan blue are chloroplasts, which auto-fluoresce. There is no myosin VIII on those structures. A new model of how plant cells position phragmoplasts during cell division to direct cytokinesis answers what has been an open question for decades in cell biology.

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UMass Amherst

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