Higher plants resist the forces of gravity and powerful lateral forces through the cumulative
strength of the walls that surround individual cells. These walls consist mainly of cellulose …

Cell and organ morphogenesis in plants are regulated by the chemical structure and
mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix, the cell wall. The two primary load bearing …

The pollen tube is a cellular protuberance formed by the pollen grain, or male gametophyte,
in flowering plants. Its principal metabolic activity is the synthesis and assembly of cell wall …

Pavement cells form wavy interlocking patterns in the leaf epidermis of many plants. We use
computational mechanics to simulate the morphogenetic process based on microtubule …

The presence of a polysaccharidic cell wall distinguishes plant cells from animal cells and is
responsible for fundamental mechanistic differences in organ development between the two …

One hallmark of plant cells is their cell wall. They protect cells against the environment and
high turgor and mediate morphogenesis through the dynamics of their mechanical and …

Cellular protuberance formation in walled cells requires the local deformation of the wall and
its polar expansion. In many cells, protuberance elongation proceeds by tip growth, a growth …

Signaling with Ions: The Keystone for Apical Cell Growth and Morphogenesis in Pollen Tubes |
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In this review, we address the question of how the tip-growing pollen tube achieves its rapid
rate of elongation while maintaining an intact cell wall. Although turgor is essential for …

Plant cell walls constitute the extracellular matrix surrounding plant cells and are composed
mainly of polysaccharides. The chemical makeup of the primary plant cell wall, and …