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Tip swelling of SI pollen tubes in pear

Tang 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

Chen 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

Hou 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…