Annals of Botany 2005 95(7):1253-1254; doi:10.1093/aob/mci141
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The plant cytoskeleton in cell differentiation and development. Annual Plant Reviews, volume 10.
Hussey PJ, ed. 2004.
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing/Boca Raton: CRC Press.
£99·50 (hardback). 325 pp
Nigel Chaffey
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Over 40 years ago, in what is surely
one of the most famous throw-away lines in botany,
Ledbetter and Porter (1963)

suggested that the similar orientations
of cytoplasmic microtubules and structures considered to be
cellulose microfibrils in the cell wall was not coincidental.
This notion led almost single-handedly to the present and enduring
interest amongst certain plant cell biologists in understanding
the role of microtubules in wall formation. And as a result
of this intense interest in such matters, it has become clear
that microtubules are not only just one component
amongst an ever-expanding array of
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