Initially identified as a key regulator of female fertility in Arabidopsis, the FERONIA (FER)
receptor kinase is now recognized as crucial for almost all aspects of plant growth and …

Receptor kinases (RKs) are of paramount importance in transmembrane signaling that
governs plant reproduction, growth, development, and adaptation to diverse environmental …

Cells maintain integrity despite changes in their mechanical properties elicited during
growth and environmental stress. How cells sense their physical state and compensate for …

In flowering plants, fertilization requires complex cell-to-cell communication events between
the pollen tube and the female reproductive tissues, which are controlled by extracellular …

In flowering plants, pollen tubes undergo tip growth to deliver two nonmotile sperm to the
ovule where they fuse with an egg and central cell to achieve double fertilization. This …

Adjusting the microenvironment around the cell surface is critical to responding to external
cues or endogenous signals and to maintaining cell activities. In plant cells, the plasma …

Plant cells are surrounded by cell walls protecting them from a myriad of environmental
challenges. For successful habitat adaptation, extracellular cues are perceived at the cell …

Epigenetic reprogramming in the germline contributes to the erasure of epigenetic
inheritance across generations in mammals but remains poorly characterized in plants. Here …

The gametophyte represents the sexual phase in the alternation of generations in plants; the
other, nonsexual phase is the sporophyte. Here, we review the evolutionary origins of the …

Directional control of tip-growing cells is essential for proper tissue organization and cell-to-
cell communication in animals and plants,. In the sexual reproduction of flowering plants, the …