Adding a Piece to the Leaf Epidermal Cell Shape Puzzle

Daniel von Wangenheim; Darren M Wells; Malcolm J Bennett

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.020

Adding a Piece to the Leaf Epidermal Cell Shape Puzzle

Dev Cell. 2017 Nov 6;43(3):255-256. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.020.

Authors

Daniel von Wangenheim¹, Darren M Wells¹, Malcolm J Bennett²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
² Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK. Electronic address: malcolm.bennett@nottingham.ac.uk.

PMID: 29112846
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.020

Abstract

The jigsaw puzzle-shaped pavement cells in the leaf epidermis collectively function as a load-bearing tissue that controls organ growth. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Majda et al. (2017) shed light on how the jigsaw shape can arise from localized variations in wall stiffness between adjacent epidermal cells.

Publication types

Review
Comment

MeSH terms

Arabidopsis / growth & development*
Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
Cell Shape / physiology*
Microtubules / pathology
Plant Leaves / growth & development*

Substances

Arabidopsis Proteins