Structures in the cell wall that enable hygroscopic movement of wheat awns

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Elbaum, Rivka ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^b   Fratzl, Peter ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Awn; Cellulose; Dispersal; Hygroscopic movement; Plant material; Triticum turgidum; Water diffusion

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMIDITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHEAT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMIDITY; MOVEMENT; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; TRITICUM; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM;

EID: 51549097322     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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