This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 30530490,30370904,and 30671258);the National High Technology Research and Development Program(863project) of China (No 2006AA10Z121);the Program for New Century Excellent Talentsin Uni-versity (No NCET-07-0712)
As one of the longest cells characterized in plant kingdom,cotton fibers were regarded as an ideal material for studying plant cell growth and development.In recent years,several reports revealed