Journal of Plant Biology
- Volume 39 Issue 4
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- Pages.287-293
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- 1996
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- 1226-9239(pISSN)
The Effect of Taxol and Ethyl-N-phenylcarbamate (EPC) on Growth and Gravitropism in Zea mays L
- Park, Yun-Hee (Department of Biological Scinece, Natural Science College, Ewha Womans University) ;
- Choy, Yoon-Hi (Department of Biological Scinece, Natural Science College, Ewha Womans University) ;
- Lee, June-Seung (Department of Biological Scinece, Natural Science College, Ewha Womans University)
- Published : 1996.12.01
Abstract
The effect of taxol and ethyl-N-phenylcarbamate (EPC) on the growth and gravitropism of maize roots and coleoptiles was studied. Taxol is known to promote the assembly of microtubules (MTs) and stabilizes MTs by preventing depolymerization. EPC, on the contrary, is an anti-microtubule drug that promotes disassembly of MTs. Taxol, at 1