Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin.

The growing cell wall in plants is a thin, strong and pliant extracellular layer, composed of cellulose microfibrils embedded in a hydrated matrix that is made of complex polysaccharides and a ...

A plant cell wall is arranged in layers and contains cellulose microfibrils, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin, and soluble protein. These components are organized into three major layers: the primary ...

Plant cell wall development revealed in space and time for the first time Date: May 19, 2016 Source: University of Melbourne Summary: Scientists have mapped changes in composition of plant cell ...

A plant cell wall's unique ability to expand without weakening or breaking is due to the movement of its cellulose skeleton, according to new research that models the cell wall.

Plant cell wall growth is typically described as a simple process, but researchers using a microscope that can resolve images on the nanoscale level have observed something more complex.

Fourteen cells from the Arabidopsis thaliana plant were imaged every six minutes ... chains of sugar molecules, which is the cell wall’s primary component. The researchers identified four ...

Lam, an expert on plant genetics and biotechnology, and his team found a way to remove the cell wall of individual cells of Arabidopsis to create a “blank slate” for new cell walls to be laid ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, similar to the way stem cells differentiate into different cell types. Using ...

Plant cells are knitted together into an "extracellular matrix ... Zorensky was the first in the lab to identify a gene that disrupted cell wall adhesion. "The one that I ended up finding was in a ...

Conducted by an international research team using the model laboratory plant Arabidposis, the study is published today in the journal Current Biology. The cell wall is a defining feature of plant ...