ReviewNature plants2021
Plant cell polarity as the nexus of tissue mechanics and morphogenesis.
Review in Nature plants, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- The evolutionary origins of streptophyte multicellularity.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Regulatory Pathways of the Maturation-Related Decline in Adventitious Root Formation in Forest Tree Species.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Memory in the wall: expanding our understanding of the roles of plant cell walls.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Light and Shadows: Insights from Large-Scale Visual Screens for Arabidopsis Leaf Morphology Mutants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Novel small molecules disrupting polarized cell expansion and development in the moss,Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Article
- Carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants combine common developmental processes to make a complex epidermal trapping surface.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Modeling Arabidopsis root growth and development.Plant physiology · 2025Review
- Heterogeneity in Mechanical Properties of Plant Cell Walls.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Over 25 years of decrypting PIN-mediated plant development.Nature communications · 2024Review
- A CUC1/auxin genetic module links cell polarity to patterned tissue growth and leaf shape diversity in crucifer plants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Computer models of cell polarity establishment in plants.Plant physiology · 2023Review
- Genome-wide identification of HD-ZIP gene family and screening of genes related to prickle development in Zanthoxylum armatum.The plant genome · 2023Article
- Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation.Current opinion in plant biology · 2022Review
- Controlling the Gate: The Functions of the Cytoskeleton in Stomatal Movement.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- Leaf-size control beyond transcription factors: Compensatory mechanisms.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- Mechanosensing, from forces to structures.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- Using quantitative methods to understand leaf epidermal development.Quantitative plant biology · 2022Review
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Abstract
How reproducible body patterns emerge from the collective activity of individual cells is a key question in developmental biology. Plant cells are encaged in their walls and unable to migrate. Morphogenesis thus relies on directional cell division, by precise positioning of division planes, and anisotropic cellular growth, mediated by regulated mechanical inhomogeneity of the walls. Both processes require the prior establishment of cell polarity, marked by the formation of polar domains at the plasma membrane, in a number of developmental contexts. The establishment of cell polarity involves biochemical cues, but increasing evidence suggests that mechanical forces also play a prominent instructive role. While evidence for mutual regulation between cell polarity and tissue mechanics is emerging, the nature of this bidirectional feedback remains unclear. Here we review the role of cell polarity at the interface of tissue mechanics and morphogenesis. We also aim to integrate biochemistry-centred insights with concepts derived from physics and physical chemistry. Lastly, we propose a set of questions that will help address the fundamental nature of cell polarization and its mechanistic basis.
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