ArticleThe Plant cell2018
Predicting Division Planes of Three-Dimensional Cells by Soap-Film Minimization.
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- Optimal BR signalling is required for adequate cell wall orientation in the Arabidopsis root meristem.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2021Article
- IQ67 DOMAIN proteins facilitate preprophase band formation and division-plane orientation.Nature plants · 2021Article
- Plant cell divisions: variations from the shortest symmetric path.Biochemical Society transactions · 2020Review
- Opposing, Polarity-Driven Nuclear Migrations Underpin Asymmetric Divisions to Pattern Arabidopsis Stomata.Current biology : CB · 2020Article
- TANGLED1 mediates microtubule interactions that may promote division plane positioning in maize.The Journal of cell biology · 2020Article
- Plant science decadal vision 2020-2030: Reimagining the potential of plants for a healthy and sustainable future.Plant direct · 2020Article
- De-Esterified Homogalacturonan Enrichment of the Cell Wall Region Adjoining the Preprophase Cortical Cytoplasmic Zone in Some Protodermal Cell Types of Three Land Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
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One key aspect of cell division in multicellular organisms is the orientation of the division plane. Proper division plane establishment contributes to normal plant body organization. To determine the importance of cell geometry in division plane orientation, we designed a three-dimensional probabilistic mathematical model to directly test the century-old hypothesis that cell divisions mimic soap-film minima. According to this hypothesis, daughter cells have equal volume and the division plane occurs where the surface area is at a minimum. We compared predicted division planes to a plant microtubule array that marks the division site, the preprophase band (PPB). PPB location typically matched one of the predicted divisions. Predicted divisions offset from the PPB occurred when a neighboring cell wall or PPB was directly adjacent to the predicted division site to avoid creating a potentially structurally unfavorable four-way junction. By comparing divisions of differently shaped plant cells (maize [
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