Daniel Cosgrove

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology

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

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.

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The mechanics of plant morphogenesis

Coen, E. & Cosgrove, D. J., Feb 3 2023, In: Science. 379, 6631, ade8055.

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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.

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Grazing-incidence diffraction reveals cellulose and pectin organization in hydrated plant primary cell wall

Del Mundo, J. T., Rongpipi, S., Yang, H., Ye, D., Kiemle, S. N., Moffitt, S. L., Troxel, C. L., Toney, M. F., Zhu, C., Kubicki, J. D., Cosgrove, D. J., Gomez, E. W. & Gomez, E. D., Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 5421.

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Regiospecific Cellulose Orientation and Anisotropic Mechanical Property in Plant Cell Walls

Lee, J., Choi, J., Feng, L., Yu, J., Zheng, Y., Zhang, Q., Lin, Y. T., Sah, S., Gu, Y., Zhang, S., Cosgrove, D. J. & Kim, S. H., Nov 13 2023, In: Biomacromolecules. 24, 11, p. 4759-4770 12 p.

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Loosenin-Like Proteins from Phanerochaete carnosa Impact Both Cellulose and Chitin Fiber Networks

Monschein, M., Ioannou, E., Koitto, T., Al Amin, L. A. K. M., Varis, J. J., Wagner, E. R., Mikkonen, K. S., Cosgrove, D. J. & Master, E. R., Jan 2023, In: Applied and environmental microbiology. 89, 1

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A rich and bountiful harvest: Key discoveries in plant cell biology

Cheung, A. Y., Cosgrove, D. J., Hara-Nishimura, I., Jürgens, G., Lloyd, C., Robinson, D. G., Staehelin, L. A. & Weijers, D., Jan 2022, In: Plant Cell. 34, 1, p. 53-71 19 p.

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Building an extensible cell wall

Cosgrove, D. J., Jul 2022, In: Plant physiology. 189, 3, p. 1246-1277 32 p.

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Plant biology: Peering deeply into the structure of the onion epidermal cell wall

Cosgrove, D., Jun 6 2022, In: Current Biology. 32, 11, p. R515-R517

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Leaf morphogenesis: The multifaceted roles of mechanics

Guo, K., Huang, C., Miao, Y., Cosgrove, D. J. & Hsia, K. J., Jul 4 2022, In: Molecular plant. 15, 7, p. 1098-1119 22 p.

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Detecting the orientation of newly-deposited crystalline cellulose with fluorescent CBM3

Pfaff, S. A., Wang, X., Wagner, E. R., Wilson, L. A., Kiemle, S. N. & Cosgrove, D. J., Dec 2022, In: Cell Surface. 8, 100089.

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Conservation of endo-glucanase 16 (EG16) activity across highly divergent plant lineages

Behar, H., Tamura, K., Wagner, E. R., Cosgrove, D. J. & Brumer, H., Aug 2021, In: Biochemical Journal. 478, 16, p. 3063-3078 16 p.

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Expanding wheat yields with expansin

Cosgrove, D. J., Apr 2021, In: New Phytologist. 230, 2, p. 403-405 3 p.

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Saccharide analysis of onion outer epidermal walls

Wilson, L. A., Deligey, F., Wang, T. & Cosgrove, D. J., Dec 2021, In: Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14, 1, 66.

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Molecular insights into the complex mechanics of plant epidermal cell walls

Zhang, Y., Yu, J., Wang, X., Durachko, D. M., Zhang, S. & Cosgrove, D. J., May 14 2021, In: Science. 372, 6543, p. 607-711 105 p.

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