The phragmoplast is a plant cell specific structure that forms during late cytokinesis. It serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells. The phragmoplast is a complex assembly of microtubules (MTs), microfilaments (MFs), and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) elements, that asse...
Central region of mitotic spindle of a plant cell at telophase, in which vesicles gather and fuse to form the cell plate, apparently guided by spindle microtubules.
Type: Term Pronunciation: frag′mō-plast Definitions: 1. Barrel-shaped enlargement of the spindle associated with formation of the new cell membrane during telophase in plant cells.
The cell plate formed during cell division.
The cell plate formed during cell division.