Plant Cell Walls

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Overview

   1. Molecular biology of the plant cell wall: searching for the genes that define structure, architecture and dynamics

      • Nick Carpita, Mary Tierney, Malcolm Campbell

      Pages 1-5

3. Cytology and Metabolism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Pectin: cell biology and prospects for functional analysis

      • William G. T. Willats, Lesley McCartney, William Mackie, J. Paul Knox

      Pages 9-27

   3. Carbon partitioning to cellulose synthesis

      • Candace H. Haigler, Milka Ivanova-Datcheva, Patrick S. Hogan, Vadim V. Salnikov, Sangjoon Hwang, Kirt Martin et al.

      Pages 29-51

4. Gene and Protein Structure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. A census of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana

      • Bernard Henrissat, Pedro M. Coutinho, Gideon J. Davies

      Pages 55-72

   3. Structure-function relationships of β-D-glucan endo- and exohydrolases from higher plants

      • Maria Hrmova, Geoffrey B. Fincher

      Pages 73-91

5. Primary Wall Synthesis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. Molecular genetics of nucleotide sugar interconversion pathways in plants

      • Wolf-Dieter Reiter, Gary F. Vanzin

      Pages 95-113

   3. Golgi enzymes that synthesize plant cell wall polysaccharides: finding and evaluating candidates in the genomic era

      • Robyn Perrin, Curtis Wilkerson, Kenneth Keegstra

      Pages 115-130

   4. Integrative approaches to determining Csl function

      • Todd A. Richmond, Chris R. Somerville

      Pages 131-143

   5. β-D-Glycan synthases and the CesA gene family: lessons to be learned from the mixed-linkage (1→3),(1→4)β-D-glucan synthase

      • Claudia E. Vergara, Nicholas C. Carpita

      Pages 145-160

   6. The complex structures of arabinogalactan-proteins and the journey towards understanding function

      • Yolanda Gaspar, Kim L. Johnson, James A. McKenna, Antony Bacic, Carolyn J. Schultz

      Pages 161-176

6. Growth, Signaling & Defense

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. The molecular basis of plant cell wall extension

      • Catherine P. Darley, Andrew M. Forrester, Simon J. McQueen-Mason

      Pages 179-195

   3. WAKs: cell wall-associated kinases linking the cytoplasm to the extracellular matrix

      • Catherine M. Anderson, Tanya A. Wagner, Mireille Perret, Zheng-Hui He, Deze He, Bruce D. Kohorn

      Pages 197-206

7. Secondary Wall Synthesis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Mutations of the secondary cell wall

      • Simon R. Turner, Neil Taylor, Louise Jones

      Pages 209-219

   3. Differential expression of cell-wall-related genes during the formation of tracheary elements in the Zinnia mesophyll cell system

      • Dimitra Milioni, Pierre-Etienne Sado, Nicola J. Stacey, Concha Domingo, Keith Roberts, Maureen C. McCann

      Pages 221-238

This work is a comprehensive collection of articles that cover aspects of cell wall research in the genomic era. Some 2500 genes are involved in some way in wall biogenesis and turnover, from generation of substrates, to polysaccharide and lignin synthesis, assembly, and rearrangement in the wall. Although a great number of genes and gene families remain to be characterized, this issue provides a census of the genes that have been discovered so far. The articles comprising this issue not only illustrate the enormous progress made in identifying the wealth of wall-related genes but they also show the future directions and how far we have to go. As cell walls are an enormously important source of raw material, we anticipate that cell-wall-related genes are of significant economic importance. Examples include the modification of pectin-cross-linking or cell-cell adhesion to increase shelf life of fruits and vegetables, the enhancement of dietary fiber contents of cereals, the improvement of yield and quality of fibers, and the relative allocation of carbon to wall biomass for use as biofuels.
The book is intended for academic and professional scientists working in the area of plant biology as well as material chemists and engineers, and food scientists who define new ways to use cell walls.

• Nucleotide
• Polysaccharid
• Polysaccharide
• biology
• biotechnology
• carbon
• cell
• enzymes
• fruit
• metabolism
• mutation
• plant
• proteins
• quality
• synthesis
• Tree Biology

• Dept. Botany & Plant Pathology Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

  N. C. Carpita

• Dept. Plant Sciences University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  M. Campbell

• Dept. Botany University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

  M. Tierney

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