Cell growth: the power of symplastic isolation.
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) fibers are single-celled seed coat hairs that elongate up to 2mm per day during a phase of rapid growth. Recent evidence suggests this growth is orchestrated by a series of events which includes temporary closure of plasmodesmata.
Pfluger
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Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 221 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. jpfluger@nature.berkeley.edu
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D001692:Biological Transport; D002455:Cell Division; D005638:Fruit / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D003368:Gossypium / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D009997:Osmotic Pressure