Cell shape: A ROP regulatory tug-of-war in pavement cell morphogenesis

Clara Paola Igisch; Christine Miège; Yvon Jaillais

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.028

Cell shape: A ROP regulatory tug-of-war in pavement cell morphogenesis

Curr Biol. 2022 Feb 7;32(3):R116-R118. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.028.

Authors

Clara Paola Igisch¹, Christine Miège¹, Yvon Jaillais²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, INRAE, Lyon 69342, France.
² Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, INRAE, Lyon 69342, France. Electronic address: yvon.jaillais@ens-lyon.fr.

PMID: 35134356
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.028

Abstract

ROP GTPases coordinate the complex morphogenesis of leaf pavement cells. Four new studies reveal how ROP activity is regulated by both activating and inhibitory proteins to orchestrate cell lobe formation in response to local extracellular cues.

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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis* / genetics
Arabidopsis* / metabolism
Cell Shape
GTP Phosphohydrolases / metabolism
Morphogenesis
Plant Leaves / metabolism

Substances

GTP Phosphohydrolases