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Chen, C., Marcus, A., Li. W., Hu Y., Vielle Calzada, J-P, Grossniklaus U., Cyr R.J., Ma, H. The Arabidopsis KATA gene is required for spindle morphogenesis in male meiosis. Dev. Biol. (In Press)

Marcus, A.I., Ambrose, J.C., Blickley, L., Hancock, W., Cyr, R.J. The plant kinesin, KATA, is a minus-end directed motor and exhibits non-processive movement. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. (In Press)

Dixt, R. & Cyr R.J. Spatio-temporal relationship between nuclear envelope breakdown and preprophase band disappearance in cultured tobacco cells. Protoplasma (In Press)

Dixit, R. & Cyr R.J. 2002 Golgi secretion is not required for marking the preprophase
band site in cultured tobacco cells.
Plant J. 29:99-108 View PDF

Gardiner, J.C., Harper, J.D.I., Weerakoon, N.D., Collings, D.A., Cyr, R.J., Marc, J. 2001. A 90-kDa phospholipase D from tobacco binds to microtubules and the plasma membrane. Plant Cell 13: 2143-2158 View PDF

Granger, C.L. & Cyr, R.J. 2001a. Spatiotemporal relationships between growth and microtubule orientation as revealed in living root cells of Arabidopsis transformed with GFP-MBD. Protoplasma 216:201-214

Granger, C.L. & Cyr, R.J. 2001b. Use of abnormal preprophase bands to decipher division plane determination. J. Cell Sci. 114:599-607

Granger, C.L. & Cyr, R.J. 2001c. Characterization of the yeast copper-inducible promoter system in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Rpts. 20:227-234 View PDF

Marcus, A.I., Moore, R.C., Cyr, R.J. 2001. The role of microtubules in guard cell function. J. Pl. Physiol. 125:387-395 View PDF

Fisher, D.D. & Cyr, R.J. 2000. Mechanical forces in plant growth and development. Grav. and Space Biol. Bull. 13:67-73

Granger, C.L. & Cyr, R.J. 2000. Expression of GFP-MAP4 reporter gene in a stably transformed tobacco cell line reveals dynamics of microtubule reorganization. Planta 210: 502-509 View PDF

Moore, R.C. & Cyr, R.J. 2000. Association between elongation factor-1 and microtubules in vivo is domain dependent and conditional. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 45:279-292

Cyr, R.J. 1999. Mitosis in plant cells. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Macmillan Reference, Ltd.

Marc, J., Granger, C.L., Brincat, J., Fisher, D.D., Kao, T-H., McCubbin,
A.G., Cyr, R.J. 1998. Use of a GFP-MAP4 reporter gene for visualizing cortical
microtubule rearrangements in living epidermal cells. Plant Cell 11:1927-1939
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Moore, R.C., Durso, N.A., Cyr, R.J. 1998. Elongation factor-1 stabilizes microtubules in a calcium/calmodulin-dependent manner. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 41:168-180
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Fisher, D.D. & Cyr, R.J. 1998. Extending the microtubule/microfibril paradigm: Cellulose synthesis is required for normal cortical microtubule alignment in elongating cells. Plant Physiol. 116:1043-1051 View PDF

Moore, R., Zhang, M., Cassimeris, L., Cyr, R. 1997. The extraordinary dynamic behavior of in vitro assembled plant microtubules. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 38:278-286
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Fisher, D. D., Gilroy, S., Cyr, R. 1996. Evidence for opposing effects of calmodulin on cortical microtubules. Pl. Physiol. 112:1079-1087

Marc, J., Sharkey, D.E., Durso, N.A., Zhang, M., Cyr, R.J. 1996. A 90 kDa microtubule associated protein from tobacco membranes. Plant Cell 8:2127-2138

Wymer, C.L., Fisher, D.D., Moore, R.C. & Cyr, R.J. 1996a. Elucidating the mechanism of cortical microtubule reorientation in plant cells. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 35:162-173

Wymer, C.L., Wymer, S., Cosgrove, D.J., Cyr, R.J. 1996b. Plant cell growth responds to external forces and the response requires intact microtubules. Pl. Physiol. 110:425-430

Liu, B., Cyr, R.J., Palevitz, B.A. 1996. Biochemical and cytological studies of a minus-end-directed kinesin-like protein, KatAp, in the cells of Arabidopsis and other plants. Plant Cell 8:119-132

Durso, N.A., Leslie, J.D., Cyr, R.J. 1996. In situ immunocytochemical evidence that a homolog of protein translation elongation factor EF-1 is associated with microtubules in carrot cells. Protoplasma 190:141-150

Durso, N.A. & Cyr, R.J. 1994. A calmodulin-sensitive interaction between microtubules and a higher plant homolog to elongation factor-1 . Plant Cell 6:893-905

Andersland, D., Fisher, D., Wymer, C., Cyr, R., Parthasarathy, M.V. 1994. Characterization of a monoclonal antibody prepared against plant actin. Cell Motil. and the Cytoskel.. 29:339-344

Fisher, D. & Cyr, R.J. 1993. Calcium Levels Affect the Ability to Immunolocalize Calmodulin to Cortical Microtubules. Pl. Physiol. 103:543-551

Kuss-Wymer, C.L. & Cyr, R.J. 1992. Tobacco protoplasts differentiate into elongate cells without net microtubule depolymerization. Protoplasma 168:64-72

Cyr, R.J. 1991. Calcium/calmodulin affects microtubule stability in lysed protoplasts. J. Cell Sci. 100:311-317

Published Teaching Articles

Paradise, J. & Cyr, R.J. 1995. Carbon dioxide uptake in plants: A computer-aided experimental system. In Goldman, CA (ed) Tested studies for laboratory teaching, Volume 16. Proceedings of the 16th workshop/conference of the association for biology laboratory education (ABLE), pp. 99-114

INVITED PAPERS AND REVIEWS

Cyr, R.J. & Palevitz, B.A. 1995. Organization of cortical microtubules in plant cells. Curr. Opin. in Cell Biol. 7:65-71

Durso, N.A. & Cyr, R.J. 1995. Reply: A MAP by any other name would still bind to microtubules. Plant Cell 6:1699-1702

Cyr, R.J. 1994. Microtubules in plant morphogenesis: Role of the cortical array. Ann. Rev. Cell Biol. 10:153-180

Durso, N.D. & Cyr, R.J. 1994. Beyond translational duty: elongation factor 1 and the cytoskeleton. Protoplasma 180:99-105

Cyr, R.J. 1991. Microtubule-associated proteins in higher plants. In: The Cytoskeletal Basis of Plant Growth and Development, pp 57-67, C. Lloyd (ed.), Academic Press, London



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