Viscoelastic versus plastic cell wall extensibility in growing seedling organs: A contribution to avoid some misconceptions

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 317, 1997, Pages 2103-2107

  Nolte, T ^a   Schopfer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell wall extensibility; Extension growth; Plastic cell wall extensibility; Viscoelastic cell wall extensibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031453164     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.12.2103     Document Type: Article

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