Research Summary
Biophysical, biochemical, and molecular techniques, in combination with whole-plant measurements to determine which processes limit plant cell growth under normal and stressed conditions and how plants regulate their growth rates. Wall loosening proteins, grass pollen allergens as beta-expansins, growth adaptations to water stress and structure and assembly of plant cell walls.
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Recent Publications
Plant morphogenesis: What drives growth?
Cosgrove, D. J. & Coen, E., Apr 21 2025, In: Current Biology. 35, 8, p. R283-R285Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Mechanics of plant epidermal cell wall: effect of anisotropic alignment of cellulose microfibrils in the junction region
Lee, J., Kim, J. S., Yu, J., Ryu, J., Choi, J., Cosgrove, D. J., Yi, H. & Kim, S. H., May 2025, In: Cellulose. 32, 7, p. 4183-4198 16 p., e2662.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mechanical Roles of Polysaccharide Assembly and Interactions in Plant Cell Walls
Zhang, Y., Yu, J. & Cosgrove, D. J., Aug 11 2025, In: Biomacromolecules. 26, 8, p. 5010-5019 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Top five unanswered questions in plant cell surface research
Boerjan, W., Burlat, V., Cosgrove, D. J., Dunand, C., Dupree, P., Haas, K. T., Ingram, G., Jamet, E., Mohnen, D., Moussu, S., Peaucelle, A., Persson, S., Voiniciuc, C. & Höfte, H., Jun 2024, In: The Cell Surface. 11, 100121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
How Many Glucan Chains Form Plant Cellulose Microfibrils? A Mini Review
Cosgrove, D. J., Dupree, P., Gomez, E. D., Haigler, C. H., Kubicki, J. D. & Zimmer, J., Oct 14 2024, In: Biomacromolecules. 25, 10, p. 6357-6366 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Plant Cell Wall Loosening by Expansins
Cosgrove, D. J., Oct 2 2024, In: Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 40, 1, p. 329-352 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Structure and growth of plant cell walls
Cosgrove, D. J., May 2024, In: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 25, 5, p. 340-358 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Mechanobiology: Shaping the future of cellular form and function
Nelson, C. M., Xiao, B., Wickström, S. A., Dufrêne, Y. F., Cosgrove, D. J., Heisenberg, C. P., Dupont, S., Shyer, A. E., Rodrigues, A. R., Trepat, X. & Diz-Muñoz, A., May 23 2024, In: Cell. 187, 11, p. 2652-2656 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Single-molecule tracking reveals dual front door/back door inhibition of Cel7A cellulase by its product cellobiose
Nong, D., Haviland, Z. K., Zexer, N., Pfaff, S. A., Cosgrove, D. J., Tien, M., Anderson, C. T. & Hancock, W. O., Apr 30 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 18, e2322567121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The structure and interaction of polymers affects secondary cell wall banding patterns in Arabidopsis
Pfaff, S. A., Wagner, E. R. & Cosgrove, D. J., Oct 2024, In: Plant Cell. 36, 10, p. 4309-4322 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dynamic Structural Change of Plant Epidermal Cell Walls under Strain
Yu, J., Del Mundo, J. T., Freychet, G., Zhernenkov, M., Schaible, E., Gomez, E. W., Gomez, E. D. & Cosgrove, D. J., Jul 25 2024, In: Small. 20, 30, 2311832.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The nonlinear mechanics of highly extensible plant epidermal cell walls
Yu, J., Zhang, Y. & Cosgrove, D. J., 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 2, e2316396121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tissue-specific directionality of cellulose synthase complex movement inferred from cellulose microfibril polarity in secondary cell walls of Arabidopsis
Choi, J., Makarem, M., Lee, C., Lee, J., Kiemle, S., Cosgrove, D. J. & Kim, S. H., Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 22007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The mechanics of plant morphogenesis
Coen, E. & Cosgrove, D. J., Feb 3 2023, In: Science. 379, 6631, ade8055.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Biomechanical Weakening of Paper and Plant Cell Walls by Bacterial Expansins
Cosgrove, D. J., Hepler, N. K., Wagner, E. R. & Durachko, D. M., 2023, In: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2657, p. 79-88 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review