TY - CHAP
T1 - Penium margaritaceum as a model organism for cell wall analysis of expanding plant cells
AU - Rydahl, Maja Gro
AU - Fangel, Jonatan Ulrik
AU - Mikkelsen, Maria Dalgaard
AU - Johansen, Ida Elisabeth
AU - Andreas, Amanda
AU - Harholt, Jesper
AU - Ulvskov, Peter
AU - Jørgensen, Bodil
AU - Domozych, David S.
AU - Willats, William George Tycho
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The growth of a plant cell encompasses a complex set of subcellular components interacting in a highly coordinated fashion. Ultimately, these activities create specific cell wall structural domains that regulate the prime force of expansion, internally generated turgor pressure. The precise organization of the polymeric networks of the cell wall around the protoplast also contributes to the direction of growth, the shape of the cell, and the proper positioning of the cell in a tissue. In essence, plant cell expansion represents the foundation of development. Most studies of plant cell expansion have focused primarily upon late divergent multicellular land plants and specialized cell types (e.g., pollen tubes, root hairs). Here, we describe a unicellular green alga, Penium margaritaceum (Penium), which can serve as a valuable model organism for understanding cell expansion and the underlying mechanics of the cell wall in a single plant cell.
AB - The growth of a plant cell encompasses a complex set of subcellular components interacting in a highly coordinated fashion. Ultimately, these activities create specific cell wall structural domains that regulate the prime force of expansion, internally generated turgor pressure. The precise organization of the polymeric networks of the cell wall around the protoplast also contributes to the direction of growth, the shape of the cell, and the proper positioning of the cell in a tissue. In essence, plant cell expansion represents the foundation of development. Most studies of plant cell expansion have focused primarily upon late divergent multicellular land plants and specialized cell types (e.g., pollen tubes, root hairs). Here, we describe a unicellular green alga, Penium margaritaceum (Penium), which can serve as a valuable model organism for understanding cell expansion and the underlying mechanics of the cell wall in a single plant cell.
KW - Cell expansion
KW - Confocal laser scanning microscopy
KW - Isolation of pure cell wall
KW - Live cell labeling
KW - Manipulation of cell wall
KW - Penium margaritaceum
KW - Variable pressure scanning electron microscopy
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4939-1902-4_1
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4939-1902-4_1
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84911910759
SN - 978-1-4939-1901-7
T3 - Methods in Molecular Biology
SP - 1
EP - 21
BT - Plant cell expansion
A2 - Estevez, José M.
PB - Springer
ER -