The secondary wall is the main part of wood and is composed of cellulose, xylan, lignin, and
small amounts of structural proteins and enzymes. Lignin molecules can interact directly or …

Co-expression network analysis is one of the most powerful approaches for interpretation of
large transcriptomic datasets. It enables characterization of modules of co-expressed genes …

A multi-omics quantitative integrative analysis of lignin biosynthesis can advance the
strategic engineering of wood for timber, pulp, and biofuels. Lignin is polymerized from three …

Trees represent the largest terrestrial carbon sink and a renewable source of ligno-cellulose.
There is significant scope for yield and quality improvement in these largely undomesticated …

High‐throughput single‐cell RNA sequencing (scRNA‐seq) has advantages over traditional
RNA‐seq to explore spatiotemporal information on gene dynamic expressions in …

Wood remains the world's most abundant and renewable resource for timber and pulp and
is an alternative to fossil fuels. Understanding the molecular regulation of wood formation …

Background Xylem, the most abundant tissue on Earth, is responsible for lateral growth in
plants. Typical xylem has a radial system composed of ray parenchyma cells and an axial …

Wood quality is predominantly determined by the amount and the composition of secondary
cell walls (SCWs). Consequently, unraveling the molecular regulatory mechanisms …

Wood formation is a complex process that involves cell differentiation, cell expansion,
secondary wall deposition, and programmed cell death. We constructed a four-layer wood …

Background Plant secondary growth depends on the activity of the vascular cambium, which
produces xylem and phloem. Wood derived from xylem is the most abundant form of …