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ReviewJournal of experimental botany2025

Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants.

Olivia S Hazelwood, Jessica M Orr, M Arif Ashraf

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Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Olivia S HazelwoodDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0009-0002-9907-3930
Jessica M OrrDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
M Arif AshrafDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0879-5835

Funding

Department of BotanyFaculty of Science at the University of British ColumbiaNSERC Discovery RGPIN-2025-04277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleus is a signature organelle present in eukaryotic cells, from plants to humans. Like any other organelle in the cell, the nucleus is dynamic and constantly moving. Nuclear movement can be directional depending on the cell type and its spatial and temporal function in the cell. During asymmetric cell division, the pre-mitotic nucleus moves directionally. A long-standing question in biology has been whether the nucleus determines the future cell division site, or if the future cell division site dictates the nuclear position. Plant cell biologists have done a fantastic job in answering this question over the years using classic genetic and cell biology approaches. Unfortunately, many classic experiments are fundamental for our understanding and not highlighted in recent literature. In this review, we cover classic experiments performed without novel molecular tools, and advance to recent experiments leveraging molecular and genetic tools. We provide a roadmap to understanding the importance of nuclear position in deciding the future cell division site.

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Cell DivisionCell NucleusPlant CellsPlantsAsymmetric Cell DivisionCell divisionnuclear envelope proteinsnucleusplant development

Identifiers

PMID40452439
PMCPMC12707059

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