The plant cell wall is the first physical and defensive barrier against pathogens. The plant
cell wall usually undergoes dynamic remodeling as an immune response to prevent …

Acetylated polysaccharides refer to polysaccharides containing acetyl groups on sugar
units. In the past, the acetylation modification of wall polysaccharides has been a hot …

The walls surrounding the cells of all land-based plants provide mechanical support
essential for growth and development as well as protection from adverse environmental …

Being a massive grower of sugarcane, China could use this crop in the biofuel sector.
However, this critical aspect of the sugarcane crop in China has not been extensively …

Pre-zygotic interspecies incompatibility in angiosperms is an important mechanism to
prevent unfavourable hybrids between species. Here we report our identification of …

O-Acetyl esterification is an important structural and functional feature of pectins present in
the cell walls of all land plants. The amount and positions of pectin acetyl substituents varies …

Abstract TBL (Trichome Birefringence Like) gene family members are involved in trichome
initiation and xylan acetylation in several plant species. In our research, we identified 102 …

Powdery mildew (Golovinomyces cichoracearum), one of the most prolific obligate
biotrophic fungal pathogens worldwide, infects its host by penetrating the plant cell wall …

Xylan is the most abundant hemicellulose, constitutes about 25–35% of the dry biomass of
woody and lignified tissues, and occurs up to 50% in some cereal grains. The accurate …

Xylans are a major component of plant cell walls. O-Acetyl moieties are the dominant
backbone substituents of glucuronoxylan in dicots and play a major role in the polymer …