Our
research focuses on the role of the cytoskeleton and calcium in polarity and
division in plant cells. Living pollen tubes are used to study polarity and
tip-growth and Tradescantia stamen hair cells provide an excellent model
system to examine cell division in living cells.
Tradescantia
virginiana flowers
Tip-growing
pollen tube from Nicotiana
Contact:
PETER
K.
HEPLER
Biology Department
221 Morrill Science Center III
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01002
Tel.
(413) 545-2083
Fax. (413) 545-3243
Division
of a Tradescantia stamen cell
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suggestions and comments to Maurice.
Last updated: June 5, 2002
