ArticleBiophysical journal2011
Chemically mediated mechanical expansion of the pollen tube cell wall.
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- Cell wall dynamics stabilize tip growth in a filamentous fungus.PLoS biology · 2023Article
- Building an extensible cell wall.Plant physiology · 2022Article
- Quantitative cell biology of tip growth in moss.Plant molecular biology · 2021Review
- Apical pollen tube wall curvature correlates with growth and indicates localized changes in the yielding of the cell wall.Protoplasma · 2021Article
- Insights into the Mechanisms of Heat Priming and Thermotolerance in Tobacco Pollen.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Coordinating cell polarization and morphogenesis through mechanical feedback.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
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- Putrescine modifies the pollen tube growth of tea (Camellia sinensis) by affecting actin organization and cell wall structure.Protoplasma · 2020Article
- Are microtubules tension sensors?Nature communications · 2019Review
- A chemical screen identifies two novel small compounds that alter Arabidopsis thaliana pollen tube growth.BMC plant biology · 2019Article
- Regulation of plant cell wall stiffness by mechanical stress: a mesoscale physical model.Journal of mathematical biology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Morphogenesis of plant cells is tantamount to the shaping of the stiff cell wall that surrounds them. To this end, these cells integrate two concomitant processes: 1), deposition of new material into the existing wall, and 2), mechanical deformation of this material by the turgor pressure. However, due to uncertainty regarding the mechanisms that coordinate these processes, existing models typically adopt a limiting case in which either one or the other dictates morphogenesis. In this report, we formulate a simple mechanism in pollen tubes by which deposition causes turnover of cell wall cross-links, thereby facilitating mechanical deformation. Accordingly, deposition and mechanics are coupled and are both integral aspects of the morphogenetic process. Among the key experimental qualifications of this model are: its ability to precisely reproduce the morphologies of pollen tubes; its prediction of the growth oscillations exhibited by rapidly growing pollen tubes; and its prediction of the observed phase relationships between variables such as wall thickness, cell morphology, and growth rate within oscillatory cells. In short, the model captures the rich phenomenology of pollen tube morphogenesis and has implications for other plant cell types.
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