Signaling with Ions: The Keystone for Apical Cell Growth and Morphogenesis in Pollen Tubes |
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Pollen is the male gametophyte of higher plants. Its major function is to deliver sperm cells to
the ovule to ensure successful fertilization. During this process, many interactions occur …

All kingdoms of life have evolved tip‐growing cells able to mine their environment or deliver
cargo to remote targets. The basic cellular processes supporting these functions are …

Interplay between Ions, the Cytoskeleton, and Cell Wall Properties during Tip Growth | Plant
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Oscillations in pollen tubes have been reported for many cellular processes, including
growth, extracellular ion fluxes, and cytosolic ion concentrations. However, there is a …

4148| Special Issue Editorial are present, they may result from convergent evolution with
adaptation to the very different contexts of plant physiology, and thus (ii) the same function …

Physiological oscillations (or rhythms) pervade all spatiotemporal scales of biological
organization, either because they perform critical functions or simply because they can arise …

Flowering plants (angiosperms) are characterized by pollen tubes (PTs; male
gametophytes) carrying two immobile sperm cells that grow over long distances through the …

Polar growth is a fundamental mode of cell morphogenesis observed in nearly all major
groups of organisms. Among polarly growing cells, the angiosperm pollen tubes have …

Pollen tubes are the fastest growing cells in nature with elongation rates of> 20 μm min− 1.
The pollen tubes grow as fast as possible through the stigma tissue towards the egg cells …