Sculpting the surface: Structural patterning of plant epidermis.
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Publication Date
2021-11-19Journal Title
iScience
ISSN
2589-0042
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
24
Issue
11
Number
103346
Pages
103346
Type
Article
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Electronic-eCollection
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Riglet, L., Gatti, S., & Moyroud, E. (2021). Sculpting the surface: Structural patterning of plant epidermis.. iScience, 24 (11. 103346), 103346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103346
Abstract
Plant epidermis are multifunctional surfaces that directly affect how plants interact with animals or microorganisms and influence their ability to harvest or protect from abiotic factors. To do this, plants rely on minuscule structures that confer remarkable properties to their outer layer. These microscopic features emerge from the hierarchical organization of epidermal cells with various shapes and dimensions combined with different elaborations of the cuticle, a protective film that covers plant surfaces. Understanding the properties and functions of those tridimensional elements as well as disentangling the mechanisms that control their formation and spatial distribution warrant a multidisciplinary approach. Here we show how interdisciplinary efforts of coupling modern tools of experimental biology, physics, and chemistry with advanced computational modeling and state-of-the art microscopy are yielding broad new insights into the seemingly arcane patterning processes that sculpt the outer layer of plants.
Keywords
Bioengineering, Biological sciences, Biologically inspired engineering, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Materials science, Plant anatomy, Plant biology, Plant biotechnology, Plant morphology
Sponsorship
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (GAT3395/GLG)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103346
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331734
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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