PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fagard, Mathilde
AU  - Desnos, Thierry
AU  - Desprez, Thierry
AU  - Goubet, Florence
AU  - Refregier, Guislaine
AU  - Mouille, Gregory
AU  - McCann, Maureen
AU  - Rayon, Catherine
AU  - Vernhettes, Samantha
AU  - Höfte, Herman
TI  - <em>PROCUSTE1</em> Encodes a Cellulose Synthase Required for Normal Cell Elongation Specifically in Roots and Dark-Grown Hypocotyls of Arabidopsis
AID  - 10.1105/tpc.12.12.2409
DP  - 2000 Dec 01
TA  - The Plant Cell
PG  - 2409--2423
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.plantcell.org/content/12/12/2409.short
4100  - http://www.plantcell.org/content/12/12/2409.full
SO  - Plant Cell2000 Dec 01; 12
AB  - Mutants at the PROCUSTE1 (PRC1) locus show decreased cell elongation, specifically in roots and dark-grown hypocotyls. Cell elongation defects are correlated with a cellulose deficiency and the presence of gapped walls. Map-based cloning of PRC1 reveals that it encodes a member (CesA6) of the cellulose synthase catalytic subunit family, of which at least nine other members exist in Arabidopsis. Mutations in another family member, RSW1 (CesA1), cause similar cell wall defects in all cell types, including those in hypocotyls and roots, suggesting that cellulose synthesis in these organs requires the coordinated expression of at least two distinct cellulose synthase isoforms.