8 Expansion of the Plant Cell Wall
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 8: The Plant Cell Wall
Daniel J. Cosgrove,
Daniel J. Cosgrove
Department of Biology, Penn State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA, 16802 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel J. Cosgrove,
Daniel J. Cosgrove
Department of Biology, Penn State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA, 16802 USA
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
- Wall Stress Relaxation, Water Uptake and Cell Enlargement
- Alternative Models of the Plant Cell Wall
- The Meaning of Wall Loosening and Wall Extensibility
- Time Scales for Changes in Cell Growth
- Candidates for Wall-Loosening Agents
- Expansins
- Xyloglucan Endotransglucosylase/Hydrolases (XTHs)
- Endo-1,4-β-D-Glucanases
- Non-Enzymatic Scission of Wall Polysaccharides by Hydroxyl Radicals
- Yieldin
- Summary
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