Recent Publications

Brandner K., Sambade A., Boutant E., Didier P., Mély Y., Ritzenthaler C. y Heinlein M. TMV Movement Protein interacts with microtubule end-binding protein 1 (EB1). Plant Physiol. (2008) 147(2):611-23.

Sambade A, Brandner K, Hofmann C, Seemanpillai M, Mutterer J, Heinlein M. Transport of TMV movement protein particles associated with the targeting of RNA to plasmodesmata. Traffic. 2008 (12):2073-88.

Chan, J., Calder, G.M., Fox, S. & Lloyd, C.W. (2007) The cortical microtubule array undergoes rotary movements in Arabidopsis hypocotyl epidermal cells.
Nature Cell Biol. 9: 171-5.

Lloyd, C. and Chan, J. (2008). The parallel lives of microtubules and cellulose microfibrils. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 11 (epub).

Korolev, A.V., Buschmann, H., Doonan, J.H., and Lloyd, C.W. (2007). AtMAP70-5, a divergent member of the MAP70 family of microtubule-associated proteins, is required for anisotropic cell growth in Arabidopsis. J Cell Sci.120:2241-7.

Chan, J., Calder, G., Fox, S., and Lloyd, C. (2007)
Cortical microtubule arrays undergo rotary movements in Arabidopsis hypocotyl epidermal cells.
Nature Cell Biology, 9(2): 171-5.

Bushmann, J., Chan, J., Sanchez-Pulido, L., Andrade-Navarro, M.A., Doonan, J.H. and Lloyd, C.W. (2006).
Microtubule-associated AIR9 recognizes the cortical division site at preprophase and cell-plate insertion.
Current Biol. 16, 1938-1943.

Mao, G., Buschmann, H., Doonan, J., and Lloyd, C.W. (2006)
The role of MAP65-1 in microtubule bundling during Zinnia tracheary element formation.
J. Cell Sci. 119, 753-758.

Lloyd, C. and Chan, J. (2006)
Not so divided: the common basis of plant and animal mitosis.
Nature Reviews Mol Cell Biol. 7, 147-152.

For an introductory student text please see Clive’s chapter in Lewin et al.:
Lloyd, C. (2006. Revised version in press for 2009)
The Plant Cell. Chapter 17, in "Cells" Jones and Bartlett, Boston (pub)
B Lewin, L Cassimeris, V R Lingappa and G Plopper (eds)

Lloyd, C. (2006)
Microtubules make tracks for cellulose.
Science. 312, 1482.

Chan J., Calder G., Fox S and Lloyd C. (2005)
Localization of the Microtubule End Binding Protein EB1 Reveals Alternative Pathways of Spindle Development in Arabidopsis Suspension Cells.
Plant Cell. 17, 1737-1748.

Mao, G., Chan, J., Calder, G., Doonan, J.H. and Lloyd, C.W. (2005)
Modulated targeting of GFP-AtMAP65-1 to central spindle microtubules during division.
Plant J. 43, 469-478

Korolev, A.V., Chan, J., Naldrett, M., Doonan, J.H. and Lloyd, C.W. (2005).
Identification of a novel family of 70kDa microtubule associated proteins in Arabidopsis cells.
Plant J. 42(4), 457-555.

Buschmann, H., Fabri, C.O., Hauptmann, M., Hutzler, P., Laux, T., Lloyd, C.W. and Schäffner, A.R. (2004)
Helical Growth of the Arabidopsis Mutant tortifolia1 Reveals a Plant-Specific Microtubule-Associated Protein.
Current Biology 14, 1515-1521.

Lloyd, C.W., Chan, J. and Hussey, P.J. (2004).
Microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins in plants.
In, The Plant Cytoskeleton in Cell Differentiation and Development (ed PJ Hussey). Blackwell: Oxford.pp 3-27.

Lloyd, C.W. and Chan, J. (2004)
Microtubules and the shape of plants to come.
Nature Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Jan; 5(1): 13-23

Smertenko, A.P., Chang, H-Y., Wagner, V., Kaloriti, D., Fenyk, S., Sonobe, S., Lloyd, C.W., Hauser, M-T. and Hussey, P.J. (2004).
The Arabidopsis microtubule-associated protein AtMAP65-1: molecular analysis of its microtubule bundling activity.
Plant Cell 16: 2035-2047.

Chan, J., Calder, G., Doonan, J.H. and Lloyd, C.W. (2003).
EB1 reveals mobile microtubule nucleation sites in Arabidopsis.
Nature Cell Biology 5, 967-71.

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