Plant cell walls are the starting materials for many commercial products, from lumber, paper
and textiles to thickeners, films and explosives. The cell wall is secreted by each cell in the …

▪ Abstract Polysaccharides and proteins are secreted to the inner surface of the growing cell
wall, where they assemble into a network that is mechanically strong, yet remains extensible …

Each cotton fiber is a single cell that elongates to 2.5 to 3.0 cm from the seed coat epidermis
within∼ 16 days after anthesis (DAA). To elucidate the mechanisms controlling this rapid …

Trichomes are specialized epidermal cells and a vital plant organ that protect plants from
various harms and provide valuable resources for plant development and use. Some key …

Single-celled cotton fiber (Gossypium hirsutum) provides a unique experimental system to
study cell elongation. To investigate the role of the actin cytoskeleton during fiber …

Cotton fibers are single-celled seed trichomes of major economic importance. Factors that
regulate the rate and duration of cell expansion control fiber morphology and important …

An expansin gene, LeExp2, was isolated from auxin-treated, etiolated tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum cv T5) hypocotyls. LeExp2 mRNA expression was restricted to the growing …

Tissue softening accompanies the ripening of many fruit and initiates the processes of
irreversible deterioration. Expansins are plant cell wall proteins proposed to disrupt …

Cotton fibers elongate rapidly after initiation of elongation, eventually leading to the deposit
of a large amount of cellulose. To reveal features of cotton fiber cells at the fast elongation …

Expansins are extracellular proteins that loosen plant cell walls in novel ways. They are
thought to function in cell enlargement, pollen tube invasion of the stigma (in grasses), wall …