Plant Cell Wall Patterning and Cell Shape

Cell walls are defining feature of plant life. The unique and multi-faceted role they play in plant growth and development has long been of interest to students and researchers. Plant Cell Wall Patterning and Cell Shape looks at the diverse function of cell walls in plant development, intercellular communication, and defining cell shape. Plant Cell Wall Patterning and Cell Shape is divided into three sections. The first section looks at role cell walls play in defining cell shape. The second section looks more broadly at plant development. While the third and final section looks at new insights into cell wall patterning.

Cell walls are defining feature of plant life. The unique and multi-faceted role they play in plant growth and development has long been of interest to students and researchers. Plant Cell Wall Patterning and Cell Shape looks at the diverse function of cell walls in plant development, intercellular communication, and defining cell shape.Plant Cell Wall Patterning and Cell Shape is divided into three sections. The first section looks at role cell walls play in defining cell shape. The second section looks more broadly at plant development. While the third and final section looks at new insights into cell wall patterning.

List of Contributors viiPreface xiiiSection 1 Factors Controlling Plant Cell Wall Patterning11 The Biosynthesis and Function of Polysaccharide Components ofthe Plant Cell Wall 3Ryusuke Yokoyama, Naoki Shinohara, Rin Asaoka, Hideki Narukawaand Kazuhiko Nishitani2 Regulation of Cell Wall Formation by Membrane Traffic 35Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez and Staffan Persson3 A Blueprint for Cellulose Biosynthesis, Deposition, andRegulation in Plants 65Ian S. Wallace and Chris R. Somerville4 Cortical Microtubule Array Organization and Plant CellMorphogenesis 97Sidney L. Shaw and Laura Vineyard5 Actin Filament Dynamics and their Role in Plant Cell Expansion127Jiejie Li, Ruthie Arieti and Christopher J. StaigerSection 2 Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Various Cell Shapes1636 The Regulation of Cell Shape Formation by ROP-dependent AuxinSignaling 165Shingo Nagawa and Zhenbiao Yang7 Xylem Cell Wall Pattern Formation Regulated byMicrotubule-associated Proteins and ROP GTPases 191Yoshihisa Oda and Hiroo Fukuda8 ROP Signaling and the Cytoskeleton in Pollen Tube Growth215Lei Zhu and Ying Fu9 Phosphoinositide Signaling in Root Hair Tip Growth 239Hiroaki Kusano, Rumi Tominaga, Takuji Wada, Mariko Kato andTakashi Aoyama10 Arabidopsis Trichome Morphogenesis and the Role ofMicrotubules in Controlling Trichome Branch Formation 269M. David Marks11 Transfer Cells: Novel Cell Types with Unique Wall IngrowthArchitecture Designed for Optimized Nutrient Transport 287David W. McCurdySection 3 Developmental Regulations of Cell Shape 31912 Regulation of Guard Cell Formation by Integration ofTranscriptional and Signaling Regulation 321Chin-Min Kimmy Ho and Dominique C. Bergmann13 Transcriptional Regulation of Biosynthesis of Cell WallComponents during Xylem Differentiation 351Ruiqin Zhong and Zheng-Hua Ye14 Phloem Cell Development 379Raffael Lichtenberger, Kaori Furuta-Miyashima, Eva Hellmann andYkä HelariuttaIndex 401