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Outer epidermal edges mediate cell-cell adhesion for tissue integrity in plants
Özer Erguvan, Adrien Heymans, Asal Atakhani…·Stéphane Verger
The paper challenges the traditional view of cell-cell adhesion in plants by showing that outer epidermal edges, not the middle lamella, are critical for tissue integrity through mechanical stress analysis and structural characterization.
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