Alignment between PIN1 Polarity and Microtubule Orientation in the Shoot Apical Meristem Reveals a Tight Coupling between Morphogenesis and Auxin Transport

Marcus G. Heisler; Olivier Hamant; Pawel Krupinski; Magalie Uyttewaal; Carolyn Ohno; Henrik Jönsson; Jan Traas; Elliot M. Meyerowitz

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000516

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Alignment between PIN1 Polarity and Microtubule Orientation in the Shoot Apical Meristem Reveals a Tight Coupling between Morphogenesis and Auxin Transport

Marcus G. Heisler ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus G. Heisler, Olivier Hamant, Pawel Krupinski, Henrik Jönsson

Current address: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Olivier Hamant ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus G. Heisler, Olivier Hamant, Pawel Krupinski, Henrik Jönsson

Affiliation INRA, CNRS, ENS, Université de Lyon, Lyon Cedex, France
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Pawel Krupinski ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus G. Heisler, Olivier Hamant, Pawel Krupinski, Henrik Jönsson

Affiliation Computational Biology and Biological Physics Group, Department of Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Magalie Uyttewaal,

Affiliation INRA, CNRS, ENS, Université de Lyon, Lyon Cedex, France
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Carolyn Ohno,

Current address: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Henrik Jönsson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus G. Heisler, Olivier Hamant, Pawel Krupinski, Henrik Jönsson

* E-mail: henrik@thep.lu.se (HJ); jan.traas@ens-lyon.fr (JT); meyerow@caltech.edu (EMM)

Affiliation Computational Biology and Biological Physics Group, Department of Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Jan Traas ,

* E-mail: henrik@thep.lu.se (HJ); jan.traas@ens-lyon.fr (JT); meyerow@caltech.edu (EMM)

Affiliation INRA, CNRS, ENS, Université de Lyon, Lyon Cedex, France
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Elliot M. Meyerowitz

* E-mail: henrik@thep.lu.se (HJ); jan.traas@ens-lyon.fr (JT); meyerow@caltech.edu (EMM)

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Alignment between PIN1 Polarity and Microtubule Orientation in the Shoot Apical Meristem Reveals a Tight Coupling between Morphogenesis and Auxin Transport

Marcus G. Heisler,
Olivier Hamant,
Pawel Krupinski,
Magalie Uyttewaal,
Carolyn Ohno,
Henrik Jönsson,
Jan Traas,
Elliot M. Meyerowitz

Published: October 19, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000516

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Posted by Laplaze1 on 21 Oct 2010 at 12:39 GMT

Groundbreaking study that suggests an elegant unifying mechanism linking biomechanics to auxin gradients formation and organogenesis.

No competing interests declared.

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Alignment between PIN1 Polarity and Microtubule Orientation in the Shoot Apical Meristem Reveals a Tight Coupling between Morphogenesis and Auxin Transport

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