title: Plant Organ Growth: Stopping Under Stress.
abstract: Plant organs reproducibly reach a set size and shape, and a key question is what prevents overgrowth. A new study uses imaging and computer modelling of the Arabidopsis sepal to show that mechanics determines growth arrest and thus final organ shape.
authors.affiliation: Center for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: alexis.maizel@cos.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maizel
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D063245:Plant Development
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins