Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Long-term single-cell imaging and simulations of microtubules reveal principles behind wall patterning during proto-xylem development

  • René Schneider,
  • Kris van’t Klooster,
  • Kelsey L. Picard,
  • Jasper van der Gucht,
  • Taku Demura,
  • Marcel Janson,
  • Arun Sampathkumar,
  • Eva E. Deinum,
  • Tijs Ketelaar,
  • Staffan Persson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20894-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Plant cell wall formation is directed by cortical microtubules, which produce complex patterns needed to support xylem vessels. Here, the authors perform live-cell imaging and simulations of Arabidopsis cells during proto-xylem differentiation to show how local microtubule dynamics control pattern formation.