Plant architecture fundamentally differs from that of other multicellular organisms in that
individual cells serve as osmotic bricks, defined by the equilibrium between the internal …

Homogalacturonan (HG) is the most abundant pectin subtype in plant cell walls. Although it
is a linear homopolymer, its modification states allow for complex molecular encoding. HG …

In flowering plants, fertilization requires complex cell-to-cell communication events between
the pollen tube and the female reproductive tissues, which are controlled by extracellular …

The CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-
associated 9) system is widely used as a tool for genome engineering in various organisms …

Plant cells do not, in general, migrate. They maintain a fixed position relative to their
neighbors, intimately linked through growth and differentiation. The mediator of this …

Plant cell walls have the remarkable property of combining extreme tensile strength with
extensibility. The maintenance of such an exoskeleton creates nontrivial challenges for the …

Heat stress (HS) is expected to be of increasing worldwide concern in the near future,
especially with regard to crop yield and quality as a consequence of rising or varying …

Production of haploid plants that inherit chromosomes from only one parent can greatly
accelerate plant breeding,,. Haploids generated from a heterozygous individual and …

In bacteria, fungi and plants, pectin methylesterases are ubiquitous enzymes that modify the
degree of methylesterification of pectins, which are major components of plant cell walls …

Understanding the changes affecting the plant cell wall is a key element in addressing its
functional role in plant growth and in the response to stress. Pectins, which are the main …