Plant Biology Highlights: Cell Articles 2019
It is the last post on plant biology highlights on CNS (Cell, Nature, Science) paper published in 2019. Plant biology stories published in Cell this year are brought into one place to this blog post. You will find the collection of Cell articles (plant biology stories) from 2018 at the end of this post. Best wishes to everyone who are reading the blog and hope for more exciting sciences in coming 2020. Happy New year! The Root Cap Cuticle: A Cell Wall Structure for Seedling Establishment and Lateral Root Formation The root cap surrounding the tip of plant roots is thought to protect the delicate stem cells in the root meristem. They discovered that the first layer of root cap cells is covered by an electron-opaque cell wall modification resembling a plant cuticle. Cuticles are polyester-based protective structures considered exclusive to aerial plant organs. Mutations in cutin biosynthesis genes affect the composition and ultrastructure of this cuticular structure, confir