Regulation of the mechanical properties of the cell wall is a key parameter used by plants to
control the growth behavior of individual cells and tissues. Modulation of the mechanical …

Plants, like yeast, have the ability to monitor alterations in the cell wall architecture that occur
during normal growth or in changing environments and to trigger compensatory changes in …

It has become increasingly apparent that the extracellular matrix (ECM), which in plants
corresponds to the cell wall, can influence intracellular activities in ways that go far beyond …

Background Turgor pressure is an essential feature of plants; however, whereas its
physiological importance is unequivocally recognized, its relevance to development is often …

The Arabidopsis root offers good opportunities to investigate how regulated cellular growth
shapes different tissues and organs, a key question in developmental biology. Along the …

Signaling with Ions: The Keystone for Apical Cell Growth and Morphogenesis in Pollen Tubes |
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Polar callose deposition into the extracellular matrix is tightly controlled in time and space.
Its presence in the cell wall modifies the properties of the surrounding area, which is …

The pollen tube is a fast tip-growing cell carrying the two sperm cells to the ovule allowing
the double fertilization process and seed setting. To succeed in this process, the spatial and …

Leu-rich repeat extensins (LRXs) are chimeric proteins containing an N-terminal Leu-rich
repeat (LRR) and a C-terminal extensin domain. LRXs are involved in cell wall formation in …

Germination of pollen grains is a crucial step in plant reproduction. However, the molecular
mechanisms involved remain unclear. We investigated the role of PECTIN …