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Mechanical modeling and structural analysis of the primary plant cell wall by Geitmann, Anja

“…▶ The mechanical properties of the primary cell wall control plant cell growth and morphogenesis. ▶ Cellulose microfibril orientation and reorientation can now…”
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Relating the mechanics of the primary plant cell wall to morphogenesis by Bidhendi, Amir J., Geitmann, Anja

“…Regulation of the mechanical properties of the cell wall is a key parameter used by plants to control the growth behavior of individual cells and tissues…”
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The Cell Wall of the Arabidopsis Pollen Tube—Spatial Distribution, Recycling, and Network Formation of Polysaccharides by Chebli, Youssef, Kaneda, Minako, Zerzour, Rabah, Geitmann, Anja

“…The pollen tube is a cellular protuberance formed by the pollen grain, or male gametophyte, in flowering plants. Its principal metabolic activity is the…”
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Methods to quantify primary plant cell wall mechanics by Bidhendi, Amir J, Geitmann, Anja

“…The primary plant cell wall is a dynamically regulated composite material of multiple biopolymers that forms a scaffold enclosing the plant cells. The…”
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Geometrical Details Matter for Mechanical Modeling of Cell Morphogenesis by Bidhendi, Amir J., Geitmann, Anja

“…Morphogenesis of wavy epidermal pavement cells in plants has fascinated researchers for decades. A mechanical mechanism had been proposed in which the…”
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Experimental approaches used to quantify physical parameters at cellular and subcellular levels by Geitmann, Anja

“…From a mechanical point of view, plant and hyphal cells are more complex than their animal counterparts because the variety of structural components…”
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Microfluidics-Based Bioassays and Imaging of Plant Cells by Yanagisawa, Naoki, Kozgunova, Elena, Grossmann, Guido, Geitmann, Anja, Higashiyama, Tetsuya

“…Abstract Many plant processes occur in the context of and in interaction with a surrounding matrix such as soil (e.g. root growth and root–microbe…”
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Mechanical Stress Initiates and Sustains the Morphogenesis of Wavy Leaf Epidermal Cells by Bidhendi, Amir J., Altartouri, Bara, Gosselin, Frédérick P., Geitmann, Anja

“…Pavement cells form wavy interlocking patterns in the leaf epidermis of many plants. We use computational mechanics to simulate the morphogenetic process based…”
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Mechanosensitive ion channels contribute to mechanically evoked rapid leaflet movement in Mimosa pudica by Tran, Daniel, Petitjean, Hugues, Chebli, Youssef, Geitmann, Anja, Sharif-Naeini, Reza

“…Mechanoperception, the ability to perceive and respond to mechanical stimuli, is a common and fundamental property of all forms of life. Vascular plants such…”
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Navigating the plant cell: intracellular transport logistics in the green kingdom by Geitmann, Anja, Nebenführ, Andreas

“…Intracellular transport in plant cells occurs on microtubular and actin arrays. Cytoplasmic streaming, the rapid motion of plant cell organelles, is mostly…”
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Pectin Chemistry and Cellulose Crystallinity Govern Pavement Cell Morphogenesis in a Multi-Step Mechanism by Altartouri, Bara, Bidhendi, Amir J, Tani, Tomomi, Suzuki, Johnny, Conrad, Christina, Chebli, Youssef, Liu, Na, Karunakaran, Chithra, Scarcelli, Giuliano, Geitmann, Anja

“…Simple plant cell morphologies, such as cylindrical shoot cells, are determined by the extensibility pattern of the primary cell wall, which is thought to be…”
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Cannabis Glandular Trichomes: A Cellular Metabolite Factory by Tanney, Cailun A. S., Backer, Rachel, Geitmann, Anja, Smith, Donald L.

“…Cannabis has been legalized for recreational use in several countries and medical use is authorized in an expanding list of countries; markets are growing…”
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Actin is Involved in Pollen Tube Tropism Through Redefining the Spatial Targeting of Secretory Vesicles by Bou Daher, Firas, Geitmann, Anja

“…In order to accurately target the embryo sac and deliver the sperm cells, the pollen tube has to find an efficient path through the pistil and respond to…”
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Transport Logistics in Pollen Tubes by Chebli, Youssef, Kroeger, Jens, Geitmann, Anja

“…Cellular organelles move within the cellular volume and the effect of the resulting drag forces on the liquid causes bulk movement in the cytosol. The movement…”
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Cell geometry regulates tissue fracture by Bidhendi, Amir J., Lampron, Olivier, Gosselin, Frédérick P., Geitmann, Anja

“…In vascular plants, the epidermal surfaces of leaves and flower petals often display cells with wavy geometries forming intricate jigsaw puzzle patterns. The…”
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Mechanics and modeling of plant cell growth by Geitmann, Anja, Ortega, Joseph K.E.

“…Cellular expansive growth is one of the foundations of morphogenesis. In plant and fungal cells, expansive growth is ultimately determined by manipulating the…”
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Regulator or driving force? The role of turgor pressure in oscillatory plant cell growth by Kroeger, Jens H, Zerzour, Rabah, Geitmann, Anja

“…Turgor generates the stress that leads to the expansion of plant cell walls during cellular growth. This has been formalized by the Lockhart equation, which…”
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Quantification of cellular penetrative forces using lab-on-a-chip technology and finite element modeling by Nezhad, Amir Sanati, Naghavi, Mahsa, Packirisamy, Muthukumaran, Bhat, Rama, Geitmann, Anja

“…Tip-growing cells have the unique property of invading living tissues and abiotic growth matrices. To do so, they exert significant penetrative forces. In…”
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A mechanosensitive Ca2+ channel activity is dependent on the developmental regulator DEK1 by Tran, Daniel, Galletti, Roberta, Neumann, Enrique D., Dubois, Annick, Sharif-Naeini, Reza, Geitmann, Anja, Frachisse, Jean-Marie, Hamant, Olivier, Ingram, Gwyneth C.

“…Responses of cells to mechanical stress are thought to be critical in coordinating growth and development. Consistent with this idea, mechanically activated…”
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Finite Element Model of Polar Growth in Pollen Tubes by Fayant, Pierre, Girlanda, Orlando, Chebli, Youssef, Aubin, Carl-Éric, Villemure, Isabelle, Geitmann, Anja

“…Cellular protuberance formation in walled cells requires the local deformation of the wall and its polar expansion. In many cells, protuberance elongation…”
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