Open AccessPOK Marks the Spot: Kinesin-12 Proteins Are Spatial Markers of the Site Transiently Occupied by the Preprophase Band
Author(s) -
Kathleen L. Farquharson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.114.128850
Subject(s) - biology , prophase , microtubule , metaphase , mitosis , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , meiosis , chromosome , gene
In 1966, Pickett-Heaps and Northcote reported that a band of microtubules encircled the nuclei of mitotic wheat cells before prophase ([Pickett-Heaps and Northcote, 1966][1]). Although this so-called preprophase band (PPB) disappeared by metaphase, it faithfully anticipated the site of the future
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