Data for "Cellular Damage Triggers Mechano-Chemical Control of Cell Wall Dynamics and Patterned Cell Divisions in Plant Healing"

The images show cell division phenotypes in pericycle cells, mainly stained with the specific cellulose dye calcofluor white. These results are part of an investigation that seeks to dissect the molecular bases that regulate the regeneration response in Arabidopsis roots after mechanical damage.

Mechanical damage by herbivory or abiotic stress is common in nature in plants. Faced with this, plants have developed a rapid regeneration response that allows replacing damaged cells with new cells. In this study we demonstrate that the composition of the cell wall is important to optimize the regeneration response.