Heather McFarlane

Open questions in plant cell wall synthesis.

Heather E McFarlane

Journal article  |  2023  |  J Exp Bot

Plant cells are surrounded by strong yet flexible polysaccharide-based cell walls that support the cell while also allowing growth..

Running a research group in the next generation: combining sustainable and reproducible research with values-driven leadership

Jacqueline Monaghan, Siobhan M Brady, Elizabeth S Haswell, Sonali Roy, Benjamin Schwessinger, Heather E McFarlane

Journal article  |  2023  |  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

In the summer of 2021, we held a community workshop at the International Congress of Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) aimed at early ca..

The TOR complex controls ATP levels to regulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics in Arabidopsis

Liufeng Dai, Baojie Wang, Ting Wang, Etienne H Meyer, Valentin Kettel, Natalie Hoffmann, Heather E McFarlane, Shalan Li, Xuna Wu, Kelsey L Picard, Patrick Giavalisco, Staffan Persson, Yi Zhang

Journal article  |  2022  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Energy is essential for all cellular functions in a living organism. How cells coordinate their physiological processes with energ..

Regulation of cellulose synthesis via exocytosis and endocytosis

Yu Zhu, Heather E McFarlane

Journal article  |  2022  |  CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Cellulose is a critical component of plant cell walls. Cellulose is made at the plasma membrane by cellulose synthase (CESA) enzym..

Plant Trans-Golgi Network/Early Endosome pH regulation requires Cation Chloride Cotransporter (CCC1).

Daniel W McKay, Heather E McFarlane, Yue Qu, Apriadi Situmorang, Matthew Gilliham, Stefanie Wege

Journal article  |  2022  |  Elife

Plant cells maintain a low luminal pH in the trans-Golgi-network/early endosome (TGN/EE), the organelle in which the secretory and..

Plant Trans-Golgi Network/Early Endosome pH regulation requires Cation Chloride Cotransporter (CCC1)

W Daniel McKay, E Heather McFarlane, Yue Qu, Apriadi Situmorang, Matthew Gilliham, Stefanie Wege

Journal article  |  2022  |  ELIFE

Analysis of cellulose synthase activity in Arabidopsis using spinning disk microscopy.

Jana Verbančič, Jenny Jiahui Huang, Heather E McFarlane

Journal article  |  2021  |  STAR Protoc

We describe sample preparation and visualization of fluorescently tagged cellulose synthases in cellulose synthase complexes at th..

Small but Mighty: An Update on Small Molecule Plant Cellulose Biosynthesis Inhibitors

Raegan T Larson, Heather E McFarlane

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Cellulose is one of the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. It provides mechanical support to growing plant cells and important ra..

A G protein-coupled receptor-like module regulates cellulose synthase secretion from the endomembrane system in Arabidopsis

Heather E McFarlane, Daniela Mutwil-Anderwald, Jana Verbancic, Kelsey L Picard, Timothy E Gookin, Anja Froehlich, David Chakravorty, Luisa M Trindade, Jose M Alonso, Sarah M Assmann, Staffan Persson

Journal article  |  2021  |  DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cellulose is produced at the plasma membrane of plant cells by cellulose synthase (CESA) complexes (CSCs). CSCs are assembled in t..

Subcellular coordination of plant cell wall synthesis

Natalie Hoffmann, Samuel King, A Lacey Samuels, Heather E McFarlane

Journal article  |  2021  |  DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Organelles of the plant cell cooperate to synthesize and secrete a strong yet flexible polysaccharide-based extracellular matrix: ..