Helical growth in plant organs: mechanisms and significance

DR Smyth - Development, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Many plants show some form of helical growth, such as the circular searching movements of
growing stems and other organs (circumnutation), tendril coiling, leaf and bud reversal …

The actin cytoskeleton: functional arrays for cytoplasmic organization and cell shape control

D Szymanski, CJ Staiger - Plant physiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Actin Cytoskeleton: Functional Arrays for Cytoplasmic Organization and Cell Shape Control |
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Patterning mechanisms of cytoskeletal and cell wall systems during leaf trichome morphogenesis

M Yanagisawa, AS Desyatova, SA Belteton, EL Mallery… - Nature plants, 2015 - nature.com
The plant actin cytoskeleton is an unstable network of filaments that influences polarized
growth through poorly understood mechanisms. Here, we used a combination of live cell …

Orchestration of microtubules and the actin cytoskeleton in trichome cell shape determination by a plant-unique kinesin

J Tian, L Han, Z Feng, G Wang, W Liu, Y Ma, Y Yu… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Microtubules (MTs) and actin filaments (F-actin) function cooperatively to regulate plant cell
morphogenesis. However, the mechanisms underlying the crosstalk between these two …

Proteomic analysis of microtubule interacting proteins over the course of xylem tracheary element formation in Arabidopsis

P Derbyshire, D Ménard, P Green, G Saalbach… - The Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Plant vascular cells, or tracheary elements (TEs), rely on circumferential secondary cell wall
thickenings to maintain sap flow. The patterns in which TE thickenings are organized vary …

Spatiotemporal cytoskeleton organizations determine morphogenesis of multicellular trichomes in tomato

J Chang, Z Xu, M Li, M Yang, H Qin, J Yang… - PLoS genetics, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Plant trichomes originate from epidermal cell, forming protective structure from abiotic and
biotic stresses. Different from the unicellular trichome in Arabidopsis, tomato trichomes are …

The winner takes it all: Auxin—The main player during plant embryogenesis

K Winnicki - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
In plants, the first asymmetrical division of a zygote leads to the formation of two cells with
different developmental fates. The establishment of various patterns relies on spatial and …

Arabidopsis KCBP interacts with AIR9 but stays in the cortical division zone throughout mitosis via its MyTH4-FERM domain

H Buschmann, J Dols, S Kopischke… - Journal of Cell …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
The preprophase band of microtubules performs the crucial function of marking the plane of
cell division. Although the preprophase band depolymerises at the onset of mitosis, the …

Spatio-temporal orientation of microtubules controls conical cell shape in Arabidopsis thaliana petals

H Ren, X Dang, X Cai, P Yu, Y Li, S Zhang, M Liu… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The physiological functions of epidermal cells are largely determined by their diverse
morphologies. Most flowering plants have special conical-shaped petal epidermal cells that …

Comparative morphoanatomy and transcriptomic analyses reveal key factors controlling floral trichome development in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae)

H Suárez-Baron, JF Alzate, BA Ambrose… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Trichomes are specialized epidermal cells in aerial plant parts. Trichome development
proceeds in three stages, determination of cell fate, specification, and morphogenesis. Most …