Charophytes (Streptophyta) represent a diverse assemblage of extant green algae that are
the sister lineage to land plants. About 500–600+ million years ago, a charophyte progenitor …

Green algae display a wide range of extracellular matrix (ECM) components that include
various types of cell walls (CW), scales, crystalline glycoprotein coverings, hydrophobic …

Cell walls in plants, particularly forest trees, are the major carbon sink of the terrestrial
ecosystem. Chemical and biosynthetic features of plant cell walls were revealed early on …

The filamentous and unicellular algae of the class Zygnematophyceae are the closest algal
relatives of land plants. Inferring the properties of the last common ancestor shared by these …

Hemicellulose polysaccharides influence assembly and properties of the plant primary cell
wall (PCW), perhaps by interacting with cellulose to affect the deposition and bundling of …

Streptophyte algae are the closest relatives to land plants; their latest common ancestor
performed the most drastic adaptation in plant evolution around 500 million years ago: the …

The colonization of land by plants generated opportunities for the rise of new heterotrophic
life forms, including humankind. A unique event underpinned this massive change to earth …

Charophyte green algae (CGA) are assigned to be the closest relatives of land plants and
therefore enlighten processes in the colonization of terrestrial habitats. For the transition …

Plant polysaccharides are components of plant cell walls and/or store energy. However, this
oversimplified classification neglects the fact that some cell wall polysaccharides and …

All land‐plant cell walls possess hemicelluloses, cellulose and anionic pectin. The walls of
their cousins, the charophytic algae, exhibit some similarities to land plants' but also major …