Life behind the wall: Sensing mechanical cues in plants

Olivier Hamant, Elizabeth S. Haswell

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Abstract

There is increasing evidence that all cells sense mechanical forces in order to perform their functions. In animals, mechanotransduction has been studied during the establishment of cell polarity, fate, and division in single cells, and increasingly is studied in the context of a multicellular tissue. What about plant systems? Our goal in this review is to summarize what is known about the perception of mechanical cues in plants, and to provide a brief comparison with animals.

Original languageEnglish
Article number59
JournalBMC Biology
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 11 2017

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