2 Biophysical Characterization of Plant Cell Walls
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 8: The Plant Cell Wall
V.J. Morris,
S.G. Ring,
A.J. MacDougall,
R.H. Wilson,
V.J. Morris
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorS.G. Ring
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorA.J. MacDougall
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorR.H. Wilson
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorV.J. Morris,
S.G. Ring,
A.J. MacDougall,
R.H. Wilson,
V.J. Morris
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorS.G. Ring
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorA.J. MacDougall
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorR.H. Wilson
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA UK
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2003 in The Plant Cell Wall, Volume 8 (ISBN 9781841273280) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Jocelyn K. C. Rose. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Infrared Spectroscopy of Plant Cell Walls
- Atomic Force Microscopy of Cell Walls
- Molecular Interactions of Plant Cell Wall Polymers
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