Cellular morphodynamics and genome-wide networks driving plant cell shape change

植物的生长是由细胞的分裂和扩张驱动的。该提案的重点是揭示驱动细胞膨胀的机制，同时首次确定细胞形状的三维几何变化。种子发芽将用于检查植物中细胞形状的变化，因为种子只通过细胞扩张而生长，而它们的细胞不分裂。使植物细胞生长的基因和蛋白质将通过对描述基因表达的现有数据进行统计分析来确定。这项工作将揭示使植物细胞改变形状的分子过程。

The growth of plants is driven by the division and expansion of cells. This proposal focuses on uncovering the mechanisms driving cell expansion while for the first time identifying the 3D geometrical changes in cell shape. Seed germination will be used to examine cell shape change in plants, as seeds grow only by cell expansion, while their cells do not divide. The genes and proteins that make plant cells grow will be identified using statistical analyses of existing data describing gene expression. This work will uncover the molecular processes that make a plant cell change shape.