Abstract
This work concerns an aspect of spatial regulation of cell division, the development of the preprophase band (PPB) of microtubules. The PPB is significant in plant development because its position in the dividing cell indicates where the new cell wall will be inserted[mdash]an important site for control of histogenesis. We have categorized and determined the durations of stages in the development of PPBs, and have established their timing relative to the S-, G2-, and mitotic phases of the cell cycle. Roots of wheat seedlings were supplied with bromodeoxyuridine in continuous and pulse-chase treatments. Cells that were in the S-phase were identified and changes in their microtubule arrays were monitored by double immunolabeling. PPB initiation was detectable as early as the end of the S-phase as a narrowing of the preceding interphase array of microtubules. Development continued throughout G2 to a mature, narrow PPB, which existed only briefly and then eroded during the transition to the prophase mitotic spindle. The microtubule rearrangements of PPB development showed that preparation of the future site and plane of division in higher plant cells begins just after DNA replication and is completed just before mitosis.
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