Tip swelling of SI pollen tubes in pear
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTang and Wang et al. explore the mechanism underlying pollen tube tip swelling in the self-incompatibility response.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad162
By Chao Tang1,2, Peng Wang1,2, Shaoling Zhang1,2 and Juyou Wu1,2,3
1 Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory…
Pectate lyases prune pectin to potentiate stomatal dynamics
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen et al. uncover the effects of a pectate lyase-like gene on cell wall mechanics and cell pressurization in guard cells. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab161
By Yintong Chen and Charles T. Anderson
Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University…
A new layer of pectin regulation for pollen tube growth
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHou et al. explore the role of the HOPS/CORVET complex in plant reproduction
Saiying Hou, Sheng Zhong and Li-Jia Qu
State Key Laboratory for Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences at College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic…