Deciphering the role of mechanosensitive channels in plant root biology: perception, signaling, and adaptive responses

Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative

(2023) Itzhak Khait et al.   CELL

Assessing the Effect of Sound Vibrations on Plant Neurotransmitters in Arabidopsis

(2023) Anshika Tyagi et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

The dynamics of touch‐responsive gene expression in cereals

(2023) Essam Darwish et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Exploring the importance of root architecture plasticity in plant adaptation to environmental constraints

(2023) Belkacem El Amrani   PLANT SPECIES BIOLOGY

Exploring the Potential of Multiomics and Other Integrative Approaches for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Plants

(2023) Anshika Tyagi et al.   Plants-Basel

ROS interplay between plant growth and stress biology: Challenges and future perspectives

(2023) Sajad Ali et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Nitric Oxide and Strigolactone Alleviate Mercury-Induced Oxidative Stress in Lens culinaris L. by Modulating Glyoxalase and Antioxidant Defense System

(2023) Riti Thapar Kapoor et al.   Plants-Basel

The mechanosensitive Ca2+ channel, OSCA1.1, modulates root hydrotropic bending in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2022) Kotaro Akita et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide in Plant Roots during Development and in Response to Abiotic Stress

(2022) Hua Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Deciphering the Plant Microbiome to Improve Drought Tolerance: Mechanisms and Perspectives

(2022) Sajad Ali et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Conquering compacted soils: uncovering the molecular components of root soil penetration

(2022) Elohim Bello-Bello et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Ectopic Expression of Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) HcWRKY50 Improves Plants’ Tolerance to Drought Stress and Regulates ABA Signaling in Arabidopsis

(2022) Xiaoping Niu et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels

(2022) Marjorie Guichard et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

A mechano-sensing mechanism for waving in plant roots

(2022) Zhenwei Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of Exogenous Melatonin on Root Physiology, Transcriptome and Metabolome of Cotton Seedlings under Salt Stress

(2022) Wenjing Duan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

pH sensing in plants

(2022) M. Arif Ashraf et al.   Molecular Plant

Genomic insights of the WRKY genes in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) reveal that HcWRKY44 improves the plant’s tolerance to the salinity stress

(2022) Meixia Chen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Drought Stress Priming Improved the Drought Tolerance of Soybean

(2022) Mariz Sintaha et al.   Plants-Basel

Nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide work together to improve tolerance to salinity stress in wheat plants by upraising the AsA-GSH cycle

(2022) Cengiz Kaya et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

AtPiezo Plays an Important Role in Root Cap Mechanotransduction

(2021) Xianming Fang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Root growth responses to mechanical impedance are regulated by a network of ROS, ethylene and auxin signalling in Arabidopsis

(2021) Amy G.R. Jacobsen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The root growth reduction in response to mechanical stress involves ethylene-mediated microtubule reorganization and transmembrane receptor-mediated signal transduction in Arabidopsis

(2021) Takashi Okamoto et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

The gravistimulation-induced very slow Ca2+ increase in Arabidopsis seedlings requires MCA1, a Ca2+-permeable mechanosensitive channel

(2021) Masataka Nakano et al.   Scientific Reports

Phenotyping Tomato Root Developmental Plasticity in Response to Salinity in Soil Rhizotrons

(2021) Jacinto Gandullo et al.   Plant Phenomics

Mechanostimulation: a promising alternative for sustainable agriculture practices

(2021) Ritesh Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Detect thy family: Mechanisms, ecology and agricultural aspects of kin recognition in plants

(2021) Niels P. R. Anten et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

PIEZO ion channel is required for root mechanotransduction in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2021) Seyed A. R. Mousavi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How roots and shoots communicate through stressful times

(2021) Hongfei Li et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Stretch-activated ion channels identified in the touch-sensitive structures of carnivorous Droseraceae plants

(2021) Carl Procko et al.   eLife

Plant PIEZO homologs modulate vacuole morphology during tip growth

(2021) Ivan Radin et al.   SCIENCE

ROS and Oxidative Response Systems in Plants Under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: Revisiting the Crucial Role of Phosphite Triggered Plants Defense Response

(2021) Mohammad Aqa Mohammadi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A CBL-interacting protein kinase, AcCIPK18, from Ananas comosus regulates tolerance to salt, drought, heat stress and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection in Arabidopsis

(2021) Mohammad Aslam et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Between Stress and Response: Function and Localization of Mechanosensitive Ca2+ Channels in Herbaceous and Perennial Plants

(2021) Félix P. Hartmann et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

THESEUS1 modulates cell wall stiffness and abscisic acid production in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2021) Laura Bacete et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MCAs in Arabidopsis are Ca2+-permeable mechanosensitive channels inherently sensitive to membrane tension

(2021) Kenjiro Yoshimura et al.   Nature Communications

Shaping the Organ: A Biologist Guide to Quantitative Models of Plant Morphogenesis

(2021) Marco Marconi et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Sinusoidal vibration alleviates salt stress by induction of antioxidative enzymes and anatomical changes in Mentha pulegium (L.)

(2020) Effat Ghalkhani et al.   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

Systematic Analysis of the Maize OSCA Genes Revealing ZmOSCA Family Members Involved in Osmotic Stress and ZmOSCA2.4 Confers Enhanced Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis

(2020) Liru Cao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Hydrogen peroxide sensor HPCA1 is an LRR receptor kinase in Arabidopsis

(2020) Feihua Wu et al.   NATURE

Salt Tolerance Mechanisms of Plants

(2020) Eva van Zelm et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Cellular Heterogeneity in Pressure and Growth Emerges from Tissue Topology and Geometry

(2020) Yuchen Long et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Structural Insights into a Plant Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MSL1

(2020) Yawen Li et al.   Cell Reports

The Role of Mechanoperception in Plant Cell Wall Integrity Maintenance

(2020) Laura Bacete et al.   Plants-Basel

Auxin mediates the touch-induced mechanical stimulation of adventitious root formation under windy conditions in Brachypodium distachyon

(2020) Bo Eun Nam et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MSL10 Potentiates Responses to Cell Swelling in Arabidopsis Seedlings

(2020) Debarati Basu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

FRA1 Kinesin Modulates the Lateral Stability of Cortical Microtubules through Cellulose Synthase–Microtubule Uncoupling Proteins

(2020) Anindya Ganguly et al.   PLANT CELL

GLABRA2 Regulates Actin Bundling Protein VILLIN1 in Root Hair Growth in Response to Osmotic Stress

(2020) Xianling Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The calcium-permeable channel OSCA1.3 regulates plant stomatal immunity

(2020) Kathrin Thor et al.   NATURE

Melatonin as a regulatory hub of plant hormone levels and action in stress situations

(2020) M.B. Arnao et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Wind-evoked anemotropism affects the morphology and mechanical properties of Arabidopsis

(2020) Oleksandr Zhdanov et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Root shape adaptation to mechanical stress derived from unidirectional vibrations in Populus nigra

(2020) Marcel Pascal Beier et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Heterologous expression of the Limonium bicolor MYB transcription factor LbTRY in Arabidopsis thaliana increases salt sensitivity by modifying root hair development and osmotic homeostasis

(2020) Bingying Leng et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Genetic analysis of a Piezo-like protein suppressing systemic movement of plant viruses in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2019) Zhen Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Extracellular matrix sensing by FERONIA and Leucine‐Rich Repeat Extensins controls vacuolar expansion during cellular elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2019) Kai Dünser et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Mathematical principles and models of plant growth mechanics: from cell wall dynamics to tissue morphogenesis

(2019) E T Smithers et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

PIN ‐mediated polar auxin transport facilitates root obstacle avoidance

(2019) Hyo‐Jun Lee et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cryo-EM structure of OSCA1.2 fromOryza sativaelucidates the mechanical basis of potential membrane hyperosmolality gating

(2019) Koustav Maity et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A wall with integrity: surveillance and maintenance of the plant cell wall under stress

(2019) Yue Rui et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Developmental Responses to Water and Salinity in Root Systems

(2019) José R. Dinneny   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The interaction of CaM7 and CNGC14 regulates root hair growth in Arabidopsis

(2019) Qudsia Zeb et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Calcium and plasma membrane force-gated ion channels behind development

(2019) Jean-Marie Frachisse et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Morphological responses of plant roots to mechanical stress

(2018) Izabela Potocka et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The FERONIA Receptor Kinase Maintains Cell-Wall Integrity during Salt Stress through Ca 2+ Signaling

(2018) Wei Feng et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Global Compression Reorients Cortical Microtubules in Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Epidermis and Promotes Growth

(2018) Sarah Robinson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of cytosolic calcium elevation in plants: the role of ion channels, calcium extrusion systems and NADPH oxidase-mediated 'ROS-Ca2+ Hub'

(2018) Vadim Demidchik et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Rightsizing root phenotypes for drought resistance

(2018) Jonathan P Lynch   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The plant cell wall integrity maintenance and immune signaling systems cooperate to control stress responses inArabidopsis thaliana

(2018) Timo Engelsdorf et al.   Science Signaling

Ca2+-permeable mechanosensitive channels MCA1 and MCA2 mediate cold-induced cytosolic Ca2+ increase and cold tolerance in Arabidopsis

(2018) Kendo Mori et al.   Scientific Reports

The plant cell wall integrity maintenance and immune signaling systems cooperate to control stress responses inArabidopsis thaliana

(2018) Timo Engelsdorf et al.   Science Signaling

Receptor Kinase THESEUS1 Is a Rapid Alkalinization Factor 34 Receptor in Arabidopsis

(2018) Martine Gonneau et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

FERONIA regulates auxin-mediated lateral root development and primary root gravitropism

(2018) QingKun Dong et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Airborne signals synchronize the defenses of neighboring plants in response to touch

(2018) Dimitrije Markovic et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

OSCA/TMEM63 are an evolutionarily conserved family of mechanically activated ion channels

(2018) Swetha E Murthy et al.   eLife

Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1

(2017) Kei Saotome et al.   NATURE

Tuned in: plant roots use sound to locate water

(2017) Monica Gagliano et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root phonotropism: Early signalling events following sound perception in Arabidopsis roots

(2017) Ana Rodrigo-Moreno et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Dissection of HY5/HYH expression in Arabidopsis reveals a root-autonomous HY5-mediated photomorphogenic pathway

(2017) Yonghong Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Universal poroelastic mechanism for hydraulic signals in biomimetic and natural branches

(2017) J.-F. Louf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant roots: understanding structure and function in an ocean of complexity

(2016) Peter R. Ryan et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A Potassium-Dependent Oxygen Sensing Pathway Regulates Plant Root Hydraulics

(2016) Zaigham Shahzad et al.   CELL

Modeling halotropism: a key role for root tip architecture and reflux loop remodeling in redistributing auxin

(2016) Thea van den Berg et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Rapid Oligo-Galacturonide Induced Changes in Protein Phosphorylation in Arabidopsis

(2016) Bruce D. Kohorn et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Rapid hyperosmotic-induced Ca2+responses inArabidopsis thalianaexhibit sensory potentiation and involvement of plastidial KEA transporters

(2016) Aaron B. Stephan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Removal of the mechanoprotective influence of the cytoskeleton reveals PIEZO1 is gated by bilayer tension

(2016) Charles D. Cox et al.   Nature Communications

Piezo1 Channels Are Inherently Mechanosensitive

(2016) Ruhma Syeda et al.   Cell Reports

Roots Withstanding their Environment: Exploiting Root System Architecture Responses to Abiotic Stress to Improve Crop Tolerance

(2016) Iko T. Koevoets et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The Plant Cell Wall: A Complex and Dynamic Structure As Revealed by the Responses of Genes under Stress Conditions

(2016) Kelly Houston et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Exposure to Sound Vibrations Lead to Transcriptomic, Proteomic and Hormonal Changes in Arabidopsis

(2016) Ritesh Ghosh et al.   Scientific Reports

Feeling Force: Physical and Physiological Principles Enabling Sensory Mechanotransduction

(2015) Samata Katta et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice

(2015) Yunshuang Li et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel CNGC14 Regulates Root Gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2015) Han-Wei Shih et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

HvEXPB7, a novel β-expansin gene revealed by the root hair transcriptome of Tibetan wild barley, improves root hair growth under drought stress

(2015) Xiaoyan He et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Measuring the mechanical properties of plant cells by combining micro-indentation with osmotic treatments

(2015) Alain Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The connection of cytoskeletal network with plasma membrane and the cell wall

(2015) Zengyu Liu et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Mechanically Activated Ion Channels

(2015) Sanjeev S. Ranade et al.   NEURON

The rice E3 ubiquitin ligase OsHOS1 modulates the expression of OsRMC, a gene involved in root mechano-sensing, through the interaction with two ERF transcription factors

(2015) Tiago Filipe Lourenço et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Reduced Lateral Root Branching Density Improves Drought Tolerance in Maize

(2015) Ai Zhan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanosensitive channel MSL8 regulates osmotic forces during pollen hydration and germination

(2015) E. S. Hamilton et al.   SCIENCE

GABA signalling modulates plant growth by directly regulating the activity of plant-specific anion transporters

(2015) Sunita A. Ramesh et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanical stress contributes to the expression of the STM homeobox gene in Arabidopsis shoot meristems

(2015) Benoît Landrein et al.   eLife

Thigmomorphogenetic responses of an aquatic macrophyte to hydrodynamic stress

(2015) Jonas Schoelynck et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

DUF221 proteins are a family of osmosensitive calcium-permeable cation channels conserved across eukaryotes

(2014) Congcong Hou et al.   CELL RESEARCH

The Receptor-like Kinase FERONIA Is Required for Mechanical Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis Seedlings

(2014) Han-Wei Shih et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Tree shoot bending generates hydraulic pressure pulses: a new long-distance signal?

(2014) Rosana Lopez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

OSCA1 mediates osmotic-stress-evoked Ca2+ increases vital for osmosensing in Arabidopsis

(2014) Fang Yuan et al.   NATURE

The force-from-lipid (FFL) principle of mechanosensitivity, at large and in elements

(2014) Jinfeng Teng et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Physiological characterization and genetic modifiers of aberrant root thigmomorphogenesis in mutants ofArabidopsis thaliana MILDEW LOCUS Ogenes

(2014) PRZEMYSLAW BIDZINSKI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Plant roots use a patterning mechanism to position lateral root branches toward available water

(2014) Y. Bao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanosensitive channel candidate MCA2 is involved in touch-induced root responses in Arabidopsis

(2014) Masataka Nakano et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Mugifumi, a beneficial farm work of adding mechanical stress by treading to wheat and barley seedlings

(2014) Hidetoshi Iida   Frontiers in Plant Science

Mechanosensitive channels: feeling tension in a world under pressure

(2014) Rémi Peyronnet et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Steep, cheap and deep: an ideotype to optimize water and N acquisition by maize root systems

(2013) Jonathan P. Lynch   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channels: Models for Studying Mechanosensory Transduction

(2013) Boris Martinac et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

MscS-like Mechanosensitive Channels in Plants and Microbes

(2013) Margaret E. Wilson et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Perception of soft mechanical stress in Arabidopsis leaves activates disease resistance

(2013) Lehcen Benikhlef et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

How do roots elongate in a structured soil?

(2013) Kemo Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

NO homeostasis is a key regulator of early nitrate perception and root elongation in maize*

(2013) Alessandro Manoli et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A force of nature: molecular mechanisms of mechanoperception in plants

(2013) Gabriele B. Monshausen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Growth and molecular responses to long-distance stimuli in poplars: bending vs flame wounding

(2013) Aude Tixier et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Interacting Glutamate Receptor-Like Proteins in Phloem Regulate Lateral Root Initiation in Arabidopsis

(2013) E. D. Vincill et al.   PLANT CELL

Mechanosensitive ion channels

(2012) Boris Martinac   Channels

Nitric oxide is essential for vesicle formation and trafficking in Arabidopsis root hair growth

(2012) M. C. Lombardo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Flooding affects uptake and distribution of carbon and nitrogen in citrus seedlings

(2012) Belén Martínez-Alcántara et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Four 13-lipoxygenases contribute to rapid jasmonate synthesis in woundedArabidopsis thalianaleaves: a role for lipoxygenase 6 in responses to long-distance wound signals

(2012) Adeline Chauvin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Heme oxygenase is involved in nitric oxide- and auxin-induced lateral root formation in rice

(2012) Yi-Hsuan Chen et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

A heat-activated calcium-permeable channel - Arabidopsis cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel 6 - is involved in heat shock responses

(2012) Fei Gao et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

3D imaging and mechanical modeling of helical buckling in Medicago truncatula plant roots

(2012) J. L. Silverberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MscS-Like10 is a stretch-activated ion channel from Arabidopsis thaliana with a preference for anions

(2012) G. Maksaev et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Towards understanding plant bioacoustics

(2012) Monica Gagliano et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Involvement of the putative Ca2+-permeable mechanosensitive channels, NtMCA1 and NtMCA2, in Ca2+ uptake, Ca2+-dependent cell proliferation and mechanical stress-induced gene expression in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) BY-2 cells

(2011) Takamitsu Kurusu et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Vacuolar two-pore K+ channels act as vacuolar osmosensors

(2011) Frans J. M. Maathuis   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Rice Two-Pore K+Channels Are Expressed in Different Types of Vacuoles

(2011) Stanislav Isayenkov et al.   PLANT CELL

Two Mechanosensitive Channel Homologs Influence Division Ring Placement inArabidopsisChloroplasts

(2011) Margaret E. Wilson et al.   PLANT CELL

Cell Wall Damage-Induced Lignin Biosynthesis Is Regulated by a Reactive Oxygen Species- and Jasmonic Acid-Dependent Process in Arabidopsis

(2011) L. Denness et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanosensitive Channels: What Can They Do and How Do They Do It?

(2011) Elizabeth S. Haswell et al.   STRUCTURE

Effect of mechanical perturbation on the biomechanics, primary growth and secondary tissue development of inflorescence stems of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2010) Cloé Paul-Victor et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Detection of a Gravitropism Phenotype in glutamate receptor-like 3.3 Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Using Machine Vision and Computation

(2010) N. D. Miller et al.   GENETICS

Acclimation kinetics of physiological and molecular responses of plants to multiple mechanical loadings

(2010) Ludovic Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Wind and mechanical stimuli differentially affect leaf traits in Plantago major

(2010) Niels P. R. Anten et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The exploring root—root growth responses to local environmental conditions

(2009) Gabriele B Monshausen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Touch induces ATP release in Arabidopsis roots that is modulated by the heterotrimeric G-protein complex

(2009) Ravisha R. Weerasinghe et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Ca2+ Regulates Reactive Oxygen Species Production and pH during Mechanosensing in Arabidopsis Roots

(2009) G. B. Monshausen et al.   PLANT CELL

Mechanical Stimuli Modulate Lateral Root Organogenesis

(2009) G. L. Richter et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Feeling green: mechanosensing in plants

(2009) Gabriele B. Monshausen et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical Stimuli Regulate the Allocation of Biomass in Trees: Demonstration with Young Prunus avium Trees

(2008) C. Coutand et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Two MscS Homologs Provide Mechanosensitive Channel Activities in the Arabidopsis Root

(2008) Elizabeth S. Haswell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Thigmomorphogenesis: a complex plant response to mechano-stimulation

(2008) E. W. Chehab et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Unique ethylene-regulated touch responses of Arabidopsis thaliana roots to physical hardness

(2008) Chigusa Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Biomechanical design and long-term stability of trees: Morphological and wood traits involved in the balance between weight increase and the gravitropic reaction

(2008) T. Alméras et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Neurosensory mechanotransduction

(2008) Martin Chalfie   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Two Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinases Mediate Signaling, Linking Cell Wall Biosynthesis and ACC Synthase in Arabidopsis

(2008) S.-L. Xu et al.   PLANT CELL

Genetic Dissection of Hormonal Responses in the Roots of Arabidopsis Grown under Continuous Mechanical Impedance

(2008) T. Okamoto et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanical induction of lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2008) F. A. Ditengou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Developmental Patterning by Mechanical Signals in Arabidopsis

(2008) O. Hamant et al.   SCIENCE