Non-linear stress-softening of the bacterial cell wall confers cell shape homeostasis.

The bacillus - or rod - is a pervasive cellular morphology among bacteria. Rod-shaped cells elongate without widening by reinforcing their cell wall anisotropically to prevent turgor pressure from inflating cell width. Here, we demonstrate that a constrictive force is also essential for avoiding pressure-driven widening in Gram-positive bacteria.

MADS-Box and bHLH Transcription Factors Coordinate Transmitting Tract Development in .

The MADS-domain transcription factor () controls several aspects of plant reproduction. is co-expressed with (), a basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) transcription factor-encoding gene. was reported to control redundantly with the brassinosteroid positive signaling factors BRASSINOSTEROID ENHANCED EXPRESSION1 (BEE1) and BEE3 the development of the transmitting tract.

Cytoplasmic retention and degradation of a mitotic inducer enable plant infection by a pathogenic fungus.

In the fungus , sexual pheromones elicit mating resulting in an infective filament able to infect corn plants. Along this process a G2 cell cycle arrest is mandatory. Such as cell cycle arrest is initiated upon the pheromone recognition in each mating partner, and sustained once cell fusion occurred until the fungus enter the plant tissue.

Virulence-specific cell cycle and morphogenesis connections in pathogenic fungi.

To initiate pathogenic development, pathogenic fungi respond to a set of inductive cues. Some of them are of an extracellular nature (environmental signals), while others are intracellular (developmental signals). These signals must be integrated into a single response whose major outcome is changes in the morphogenesis of the fungus.