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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Microtubules in Arabidopsis pollen tubes are oriented away from the tube apex and are actin-independent at the cortex.

Joshua H Coomey, Eden R Gallup, Ram Dixit

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joshua H CoomeyDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130.ORCID 0000-0001-5866-6671
Eden R GallupDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Ram DixitDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130.ORCID 0000-0001-7881-2859

Funding

Mechanisms for building and remodeling microtubule arraysR35GM139552 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIXIT, RAMANAND · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139552
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pollen tubes are dynamic tip-growing cells that deliver sperm nuclei to female gametes in flowering plants, allowing for sexual reproduction and seed formation. Actin and microtubule cytoskeletons both play important roles in directional pollen tube growth and guidance. While actin dynamics are well-studied in pollen tubes, the role of microtubules and the interactions between these two cytoskeletal filaments are less well understood. To address this knowledge gap, we imaged growing

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PMID41648513
PMCPMC12871779

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