Ross Carter

Publications

Peer-reviewed work in plant biomechanics, morphogenesis and cell-scale imaging — spanning experiment, image analysis and mathematical modelling. Author lists are complete and in publication order, with my name in bold. Citation counts and any newer work live on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

  1. Xyloglucan deficiency leads to a reduction in turgor pressure and changes in cell wall properties, affecting early seedling establishment

    Bou Daher F, Serra L, Carter R, Jönsson H, Robinson S, Meyerowitz EM, Gray WM
    Current Biology, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.016

  2. Differential growth is an emergent property of mechanochemical feedback mechanisms in curved plant organs

    Walia A, Carter R, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM, Jönsson H, Jones AM
    Developmental Cell, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2024.09.021

  3. Synthesis and import of GDP-ʟ-fucose into the Golgi affect plant–water relations

    Waszczak C, Yarmolinsky D, Leal Gavarrón M, Vahisalu T, Sierla M, Zamora O, Carter R, Puukko T, Sipari N, Lamminmäki A, Durner J, Ernst D, Winkler JB, Paulin L, Auvinen P, Fleming AJ, Andersson MX, Kollist H, Kangasjärvi J
    New Phytologist, 2024. doi:10.1111/nph.19378

  4. Stiffness transitions in new walls post-cell division differ between Marchantia polymorpha gemmae and Arabidopsis thaliana leaves

    Bonfanti A, Smithers ET, Bourdon M, Guyon A, Carella P, Carter R, Wightman R, Schornack S, Jönsson H, Robinson S
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023. doi:10.1073/pnas.2302985120

  5. KATANIN and CLASP function at different spatial scales to mediate microtubule response to mechanical stress in Arabidopsis cotyledons

    Eng RC, Schneider R, Matz TW, Carter R, Ehrhardt DW, Jönsson H, Nikoloski Z, Sampathkumar A
    Current Biology, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.019

  6. Nuclear calcium signatures are associated with root development

    Leitão N, Dangeville P, Carter R, Charpentier M
    Nature Communications, 2019. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12845-8

  7. Stomatal opening involves polar, not radial, stiffening of guard cells

    Carter R, Woolfenden H, Baillie A, Amsbury S, Carroll S, Healicon E, Sovatzoglou S, Braybrook S, Gray JE, Hobbs J, Morris RJ, Fleming AJ
    Current Biology, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.006

  8. Pavement cells and the topology puzzle

    Carter R, Sánchez-Corrales YE, Hartley M, Grieneisen VA, Marée AFM
    Development, 2017. doi:10.1242/dev.157073

  9. Auxin influx importers modulate serration along the leaf margin

    Kasprzewska A, Carter R, Swarup R, Bennett M, Monk N, Hobbs JK, Fleming A
    The Plant Journal, 2015. doi:10.1111/tpj.12921

Preprints

  1. The leaf cell arrest front is established by spatio-temporal control of cell sizes at division

    Kelly-Bellow R, Prior R, Trozzi N, Majda M, Carter R, Hartley M, Grieneisen VA, Marée AFM, Smith RS, Bevan MW
    bioRxiv, 2026. doi:10.64898/2026.04.20.718680

  2. The receptor kinase BRI1 promotes cell proliferation in Arabidopsis by phosphorylation-mediated inhibition of the growth-repressing peptidase DA1

    Dong H, Smith C, Prior R, Carter R, Dumenil J, Saalbach G, McKenzie N, Bevan M
    bioRxiv, 2020. doi:10.1101/2020.05.15.098178