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Involvement of Kinesin 4II and 7I in Chloroplast Motility and Growth in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
PublicUnderstanding how plant cells adapt dynamically to changes in the environment is a fundamental problem of plant biology. Under many conditions, plant cells respond to environmental changes by modifying their intracellular organization. A critical example of intracellular re-organization is chloroplast photo-relocation, which is required for optimal energy harvesting and avoiding photodamage. A key system responsible for the spatial organization of intracellular components is the microtubule cytoskeleton and its associated motor proteins, kinesin 4 and 7. We are testing the hypothesis that kinesin 4 and/or 7 is important for chloroplast photo-relocation.
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- E-project-042916-124026
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- 2016
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- 2016-04-29
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