No stress! relax! mechanisms governing growth and shape in plant cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 5094-5114

  Guerriero, Gea ^a   Hausman, Jean Francois ^a   Cai, Giampiero ^b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Cytoskeleton; Expansion; Plant cell growth; Plant cell shape; Turgor pressure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 2; ARABINOGALACTAN; CELLULASE; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PATULIN; PECTINESTERASE; PEROXIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VILLIN; XYLAN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APICAL MERISTEM; CELL EXPANSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TURGOR; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; FIBER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PLANT CELL; POLARIZATION; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL; TRANSDUCER; TRICHOME; TURGOR PRESSURE; WALL STRESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT CELLS; PLANT PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84897472116     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15035094     Document Type: Review

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