Plant cell walls throughout evolution: Towards a molecular understanding of their design principles

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3615-3635

  Sarkar, Purbasha ^a   Bosneaga, Elena ^a   Auer, Manfred ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D organization; Chemical composition; Deconstruction; Electron microscopy; Evolution; Plant cell wall; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 69949134920     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp245     Document Type: Review

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