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Cover Caption: The Role of TMEM18 in Arabidopsis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/jipb.12403
Subject(s) - arabidopsis , callose , cover (algebra) , pollen tube , biology , geography , economic geography , pollen , botany , genetics , engineering , gene , mechanical engineering , mutant , cell wall , pollination
TMEM18 proteins are conserved in most eukaryotes, and may associate with obesity in human. In this issue, Dou et al. (pp.679–692) showed that the Arabidopsis TMEM18 (AtTMEM18) is localized around nuclei and plays important roles in plant growth. Mutation in AtTMEM18 affected callose deposition, and caused defects in pollen tube growth.