ReviewProtoplasma2010
Microtubule motors and pollen tube growth--still an open question.
Review in Protoplasma, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- PEK14: A Kinesin-4 Necessary for Male-Derived Fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Establishing cell polarity in plants: the role of cytoskeletal structures and regulatory pathways.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Distinct functions of microtubules and actin filaments in the transportation of the male germ unit in pollen.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Quantitative cell biology of tip growth in moss.Plant molecular biology · 2021Review
- MicroRNA Omics Analysis ofBiomolecules · 2021Article
- The functions of kinesin and kinesin-related proteins in eukaryotes.Cell adhesion & migration · 2020Review
- Secretory Vesicles Targeted to Plasma Membrane During Pollen Germination and Tube Growth.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Putrescine modifies the pollen tube growth of tea (Camellia sinensis) by affecting actin organization and cell wall structure.Protoplasma · 2020Article
- Kinesins have a dual function in organizing microtubules during both tip growth and cytokinesis in Physcomitrella patens.The Plant cell · 2014Article
- Regulation of Pollen Tube Growth by Transglutaminase.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2013Review
- Functions of the Arabidopsis kinesin superfamily of microtubule-based motor proteins.Protoplasma · 2012Review
- Quantitative analysis of organelle distribution and dynamics in Physcomitrella patens protonemal cells.BMC plant biology · 2012Article
- Secretory carrier membrane proteins.Protoplasma · 2012Review
- Phylogenetic analysis of the Kinesin superfamily from physcomitrella.Frontiers in plant science · 2012Article
- Distribution of callose synthase, cellulose synthase, and sucrose synthase in tobacco pollen tube is controlled in dissimilar ways by actin filaments and microtubules.Plant physiology · 2011Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The growth of pollen tubes is supported by the continuous supply of secretory vesicles in the tip area. Movement and accumulation of vesicles is driven by the dynamic interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and motor proteins of the myosin family. A combination of the two protein systems is also responsible for the bidirectional movement of larger organelle classes. In contrast, the role of microtubules and microtubule-based motors is less clear and often ambiguous. Nevertheless, there is evidence which shows that the pollen tube contains a number of microtubule-based motors of the kinesin family. These motor proteins are likely to be associated with pollen tube organelles and, consequently, they have been hypothesized to participate in the distribution of organelles during pollen tube growth. Whether microtubule motor proteins take part in either the transport or positioning of organelles is not known for sure, but there is evidence for this second possibility. This review will discuss the current knowledge of microtubule-based motor proteins (including kinesins and hypothetical dyneins) and will make some hypothesis about their role in the pollen tube.
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