phragmoplast
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phragmoplast
a structure formed in the developing plant cell wall from the endoplasmic reticulum and spindle fibres. It is observed during cytokinesis in plant cells as a cylindrical structure, composed of microtubules, between the two sets of daughter chromosomes. The microtubules are those of the two sets of polar microtubules of the spindle. These microtubules transport small Golgi-derived vesicles to the equatorial (or central) region, which fuse there to form the early cell plate, which then grows out to join up with the cell wall.
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middle lamella
(cell and molecular biology)
phragmosome
(cell and molecular biology)
Cytokinesis
(cell biology)
Chlorophyta
(algea, division)
Cell walls
(plant)
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