“…Generally, cellular structure is inherently endowed with information that can be both stored and handed over to other structures via templating processes (for plant cells, see Baluška et al, 1997Baluška et al, , 2003b. Although available data are rather scarce for higher plants, and critical linker molecules between the cytoskeleton and ECM are still missing (Pont-Lezica et al, 1993;Wyatt and Carpita, 1993;Fowler and Quatrano, 1997;Miller et al, 1997aMiller et al, , 1997bKohorn, 2000;Heath, 2001), it is increasingly obvious that cell shape and mechanical forces dictate several processes among which the control of division planes is one of the most obvious (Lintilhac and Vesecky, 1984;Lynch and Lintilhac, 1997;Green, 1999;Sipiczki et al, 2000;Smith, 2001). The integrated cytoskeleton and its dynamic adhesion to the plasma membrane allow these complex interactions between mechanical forces and chemical signals (Critchley, 2000;Sheetz, 2001).…”