Rhizobial bacteria enter a symbiotic association with leguminous plants, resulting in
differentiated bacteria enclosed in intracellular compartments called symbiosomes within …

Trichomes and root hairs differentiate from epidermal cells in the aerial tissues and roots,
respectively. Because trichomes and root hairs are easily accessible, particularly in the …

Roots hairs are cylindrical extensions of root epidermal cells that are important for
acquisition of nutrients, microbe interactions, and plant anchorage. The molecular …

The specification and maintenance of growth sites are tightly regulated during cell
morphogenesis in all organisms. ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 2 reduced nicotinamide adenine …

Vesicle trafficking is essential for the generation of asymmetries, which are central to
multicellular development. Core components of the vesicle transport machinery, such as …

Cellular expansive growth is one of the foundations of morphogenesis. In plant and fungal
cells, expansive growth is ultimately determined by manipulating the mechanics of the cell …

Single-celled cotton fiber (Gossypium hirsutum) provides a unique experimental system to
study cell elongation. To investigate the role of the actin cytoskeleton during fiber …

Background: In contrast to the intense attention devoted to research on intracellular sterol
trafficking in animal cells, knowledge about sterol transport in plant cells remains limited …

Plant cells grow through increases in volume and cell wall surface area. The mature
morphology of a plant cell is a product of the differential rates of expansion between …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are now recognized as important regulators of plant
developmental programs and recent work on tip‐growing systems has revealed a central …