9 Cell Wall Disassembly
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 8: The Plant Cell Wall
Jocelyn K.C. Rose,
Carmen Catalá,
Zinnia H. Gonzalez-Carranza,
Jeremy A. Roberts,
Jocelyn K.C. Rose
Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 331 Emerson Hall, Ithaca, New York, NY, 14853 USA
Search for more papers by this authorCarmen Catalá
Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853 USA
Search for more papers by this authorZinnia H. Gonzalez-Carranza
Plant Science Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicester, LE12 5RD UK
Search for more papers by this authorJeremy A. Roberts
Plant Science Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicester, LE12 5RD UK
Search for more papers by this authorJocelyn K.C. Rose,
Carmen Catalá,
Zinnia H. Gonzalez-Carranza,
Jeremy A. Roberts,
Jocelyn K.C. Rose
Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 331 Emerson Hall, Ithaca, New York, NY, 14853 USA
Search for more papers by this authorCarmen Catalá
Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853 USA
Search for more papers by this authorZinnia H. Gonzalez-Carranza
Plant Science Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicester, LE12 5RD UK
Search for more papers by this authorJeremy A. Roberts
Plant Science Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicester, LE12 5RD 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
- Fruit Softening
- Abscission and Dehiscence
- Other Examples of Cell Wall Disassembly
- Conclusions, Questions and Future Directions
- Acknowledgements
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