Cell Wall Dynamics: Formation and Disassembly from a Transcriptomic and Molecular Perspective
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 2757
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant cell walls are an intricate and complex structure which is modified during cell growth and highly regulated during development. In this sense, a plant cell wall could be a rigid or flexible structure. Interestingly, the dynamics of cell walls include the synthesis and degradation of polymer components which are mediated by several genes and enzymes, allowing the formation and breakdown of glycosidic bonds from polysaccharide polymers. Polymer structure offers support and protection but can also act as filtering. Different strategies have been used to identify the molecular players in both processes, and interestingly, several common genes/enzymes take part. Despite significant advances in knowledge in recent years, several aspects remain to be identified. So far, it is known that a fine coordination is required within all molecular players to have an adequate assembly and disassembly of the structure.
Dr. Raúl Herrera
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cell wall assembly
- cell wall disassembly
- cell wall dynamics
- gene regulation on cell walls
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