Physical Forces Regulate Plant Development and Morphogenesis.
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Summary, in English
Plant cells in tissues experience mechanical stress not only as a result of high turgor, but also through interaction with their neighbors. Cells can expand at different rates and in different directions from neighbors with which they share a cell wall. This in connection with specific tissue shapes and properties of the cell wall material can lead to intricate stress patterns throughout the tissue. Two cellular responses to mechanical stress are a microtubule cytoskeletal response that directs new wall synthesis so as to resist stress, and a hormone transporter response that regulates transport of the hormone auxin, a regulator of cell expansion. Shape changes in plant tissues affect the pattern of stresses in the tissues, and at the same time, via the cellular stress responses, the pattern of stresses controls cell growth, which in turn changes tissue shape, and stress pattern. This feedback loop controls plant morphogenesis, and explains several previously mysterious aspects of plant growth.
Publishing year
2014
Language
English
Pages
475-483
Publication/Series
Current Biology
Volume
24
Issue
10
Document type
Journal article review
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Biophysics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1879-0445