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Setting the boundaries: Primary cell wall synthesis and expansion

Author(s) -

Stephen C. Fry,

Lenka Franková,

Dimitra Chormova

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio03302014

Subject(s) - cell wall , primary (astronomy) , biomass (ecology) , secondary cell wall , layer (electronics) , materials science , biophysics , nanotechnology , botany , biology , physics , agronomy , astronomy

Mature plant cells typically have two-layered walls: a first-formed thin outer primary wall layer enclosing a later-formed thick inner secondary wall. The surface area of the primary wall limits the size of the cell and thus the maximum amount of biomass that can potentially be accumulated in the secondary wall. By controlling the shape and size of the cell, the primary wall therefore imposes the limits on the amount of inedible biofuel a plant cell can make.

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