The plant cell wall: Biosynthesis, construction, and functions

B Zhang, Y Gao, L Zhang, Y Zhou - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The plant cell wall is composed of multiple biopolymers, representing one of the most
complex structural networks in nature. Hundreds of genes are involved in building such a …

Advances in receptor-like protein kinases in balancing plant growth and stress responses

Q Zhu, Y Feng, J Xue, P Chen, A Zhang, Y Yu - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Accompanying the process of growth and development, plants are exposed to ever-
changing environments, which consequently trigger abiotic or biotic stress responses. The …

Embryo sac development relies on symplastic signals from ovular integuments in Arabidopsis

Z Qin, ZZ Liang, YN Wu, XQ Zhou, M Xu… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ovules are female reproductive organs of angiosperms, consisting of sporophytic
integuments surrounding female gametophytes, that is, embryo sacs. Synchronization …

Exocytosis and endocytosis: coordinating and fine-tuning the polar tip growth domain in pollen tubes

J Guo, Z Yang - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Pollen tubes rapidly elongate, penetrate, and navigate through multiple female tissues to
reach ovules for sperm delivery by utilizing a specialized form of polar growth known as tip …

Signalling pinpointed to the tip: the complex regulatory network that allows pollen tube growth

P Scholz, J Anstatt, HE Krawczyk, T Ischebeck - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants display a complex life cycle, alternating between haploid and diploid generations.
During fertilisation, the haploid sperm cells are delivered to the female gametophyte by …

OsMTD2‐mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) balance is essential for intact pollen‐tube elongation in rice

YJ Kim, MH Kim, WJ Hong, S Moon, ST Kim… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The highly specialized haploid male gametophyte—pollen consist of two sperm cells and a
large vegetative cell. Successful fertilization requires proper growth timing and rupture of the …

Two subgroups of receptor-like kinases promote early compatible pollen responses in the Arabidopsis thaliana pistil

HK Lee, DR Goring - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In flowering plants, cell–cell communication between the compatible pollen grain/growing
pollen tube and the pistil is an essential component for successful sexual reproduction. In …

Fertilization in flowering plants: an odyssey of sperm cell delivery

PB Adhikari, X Liu, X Wu, S Zhu, RD Kasahara - Plant molecular biology, 2020 - Springer
Key message In light of the available discoveries in the field, this review manuscript
discusses on plant reproduction mechanism and molecular players involved in the process …

Computational prediction method to decipher receptor–glycoligand interactions in plant immunity

I Del Hierro, H Melida, C Broyart, J Santiago… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial and plant cell walls have been selected by the plant immune system as a source of
microbe‐and plant damage‐associated molecular patterns (MAMPs/DAMPs) that are …

Proline‐rich extensin‐like receptor kinases PERK5 and PERK12 are involved in pollen tube growth

C Borassi, AR Sede, MA Mecchia, S Mangano… - FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Proline‐rich extensin‐like receptor kinases (PERKs) belong to the hydroxyproline‐rich
glycoprotein (HRGP) superfamily known to be involved in many plant developmental …