ArticleTrends in plant science2010
Under pressure, cell walls set the pace.
Article in Trends in plant science, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.
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- Comparative transcriptomics of two petal variants reveals key functional genes underlying petal shape development in lotus (Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
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- Let's shape again: the concerted molecular action that builds the pollen tube.Plant reproduction · 2022Review
- Selection for early shoot vigour in wheat increases root hair length but reduces epidermal cell size of roots and leaves.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Article
- Male Fertility under Environmental Stress: Do Polyamines Act as Pollen Tube Growth Protectants?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Apical pollen tube wall curvature correlates with growth and indicates localized changes in the yielding of the cell wall.Protoplasma · 2021Article
- Microscopic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Pollination Processes in Self-IncompatiblePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- For things to stay the same, things must change: polyploidy and pollen tube growth rates.Annals of botany · 2020Article
- A Complex Journey: Cell Wall Remodeling, Interactions, and Integrity During Pollen Tube Growth.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Review
- Evolution of Cell Wall Polymers in Tip-Growing Land Plant Gametophytes: Composition, Distribution, Functional Aspects and Their Remodeling.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- Rice Morphology Determinant-Mediated Actin Filament Organization Contributes to Pollen Tube Growth.Plant physiology · 2018Article
- F-Actin Mediated Focusing of Vesicles at the Cell Tip Is Essential for Polarized Growth.Plant physiology · 2018Article
- Frequency-associated transition from single-cell asynchronous motion to monotonic growth.Journal of biological physics · 2017Article
- A Cotton Annexin Affects Fiber Elongation and Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis Associated with Ca2+ Influx, ROS Homeostasis, and Actin Filament Reorganization.Plant physiology · 2016Article
- Rapid Oligo-Galacturonide Induced Changes in Protein Phosphorylation in Arabidopsis.Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2016Article
- A Model Analysis of Mechanisms for Radial Microtubular Patterns at Root Hair Initiation Sites.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
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Abstract
Significant controversy still swirls around the regulation of extension by tip-growing cells, particularly during stable, oscillatory growth of pollen tubes. One explanation proposes that turgor pressure is both the controlling and driving force. We refute this hypothesis on theoretical and evidentiary grounds. Direct measurement of intracellular pressure reveals constant turgor even as growth rates change. Measured ion fluxes, notably potassium, are insufficient to account for the requisite osmotic changes. Water movement, and hence pressure gradients, occur throughout the cell, unrestricted to local domains. Increases in hydrostatic pressure alone would force water out of the cell rather than cause increased growth. We have recently demonstrated concomitant changes in the apical cell wall that account fully for observed changes in growth rate.
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