The interphase microtubule arrays in flowering plant cells assemble at the cell cortex into patterns that affect cellular morphogenesis. A decade of live cell imaging studies has provided significant information about the in vivo properties of the microtubule polymers. Efforts to extrapolate individual properties to larger roles in organizing or patterning the microtubule array have produced models focused on self-organization and local levels of biological control. Recent studies looking at cortical microtubule arrays as they transition from an existing pattern to a new pattern have re-emerged as a testbed for examining these models and the molecular hypotheses underpinning them. The evidence suggests that microtubule patterning is locally controlled on the scale of a cell face, using or circumventing self-organizating properties as necessary.

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植物皮质微管阵列的重组。


开花植物细胞中的间期微管阵列在细胞皮层组装成影响细胞形态发生的模式。十年的活细胞成像研究提供了有关微管聚合物体内特性的重要信息。将个体特性推断为组织或微管阵列图案化的更大作用的努力已经产生了专注于自组织和局部水平的生物控制的模型。最近的研究着眼于皮质微管阵列从现有模式转变为新模式的过程，这些研究重新成为检查这些模型和支撑它们的分子假设的试验台。证据表明，微管图案在细胞表面的尺度上受到局部控制，根据需要使用或规避自组织特性。