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Non-centrosomal Microtubule Organization in Plant Cells

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The Centrosome and its Functions and Dysfunctions

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It is well known that plant cells do not contain typical centrosomes and the question has been asked how plant cells undergo mitosis and cell division in the absence of mechanisms that are well known for eukaryotic animal cells. Several papers are now available to address this question.

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Schatten, H. (2022). Non-centrosomal Microtubule Organization in Plant Cells. In: The Centrosome and its Functions and Dysfunctions. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 235. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20848-5_10

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