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Plants, Volume 4, Issue 1

March 2015 - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,017 Citations
49,757 Views
55 Pages

Cell Wall Metabolism in Response to Abiotic Stress

  • Hyacinthe Le Gall,
  • Florian Philippe,
  • Jean-Marc Domon,
  • Françoise Gillet,
  • Jérôme Pelloux and
  • Catherine Rayon

16 February 2015

This review focuses on the responses of the plant cell wall to several abiotic stresses including drought, flooding, heat, cold, salt, heavy metals, light, and air pollutants. The effects of stress on cell wall metabolism are discussed at the physiol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,466 Views
22 Pages

Cell Wall Loosening in the Fungus, Phycomyces blakesleeanus

  • Joseph K. E. Ortega,
  • Jason T. Truong,
  • Cindy M. Munoz and
  • David G. Ramirez

21 January 2015

A considerable amount of research has been conducted to determine how cell walls are loosened to produce irreversible wall deformation and expansive growth in plant and algal cells. The same cannot be said about fungal cells. Almost nothing is known...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
10,186 Views
27 Pages

Identification of the Abundant Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins in the Root Walls of Wild-Type Arabidopsis, an ext3 Mutant Line, and Its Phenotypic Revertant

  • Yuning Chen,
  • Dening Ye,
  • Michael A. Held,
  • Maura C. Cannon,
  • Tui Ray,
  • Prasenjit Saha,
  • Alexandra N. Frye,
  • Andrew J. Mort and
  • Marcia J. Kieliszewski

21 January 2015

Extensins are members of the cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein (HRGP) superfamily that form covalently cross-linked networks in primary cell walls. A knockout mutation in EXT3 (AT1G21310), the gene coding EXTENSIN 3 (EXT3) in Arabidopsis Lan...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
13,473 Views
19 Pages

20 January 2015

In the preparation for missions to Mars, basic knowledge of the mechanisms of growth and development of living plants under microgravity (micro-g) conditions is essential. Focus has centered on the g-effects on rigidity, including mechanisms of signa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,409 Views
15 Pages

14 January 2015

Compression wood is a type of reaction wood formed on the underside of softwood stems when they are tilted from the vertical and on the underside of branches. Its quantification is still a matter of some scientific debate. We developed a new techniqu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,299 Views
26 Pages

Accumulation of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds in Developing Seeds of Low-Phytate Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Mutants

  • Arun S.K. Shunmugam,
  • Cheryl Bock,
  • Gene C. Arganosa,
  • Fawzy Georges,
  • Gordon R. Gray and
  • Thomas D. Warkentin

26 December 2014

Low phytic acid (lpa) crops are low in phytic acid and high in inorganic phosphorus (Pi). In this study, two lpa pea genotypes, 1-150-81, 1-2347-144, and their progenitor CDC Bronco were grown in field trials for two years. The lpa genotypes were low...