Adding a piece to the leaf epidermal cell shape puzzleTools von Wangenheim, Daniel, Wells, Darren M. and Bennett, Malcolm J. (2017) Adding a piece to the leaf epidermal cell shape puzzle. Developmental Cell, 43 (3). pp. 255-256. ISSN 1878-1551 Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.020
AbstractThe jigsaw puzzle-shaped pavement cells in the leaf epidermis collectively function as a load-bearing tissue that controls organ growth. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Majda et al. (2017) shed light on how the jigsaw shape can arise from localized variations in wall stiffness between adjacent epidermal cells.
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