Plant Cell Walls

Overview. Molecular biology of the plant cell wall: Finding the genes that define structure, architecture and wall dynamics; N. Carpita, et al. Cytology and metabolism. Pectin: Cell biology and prospects for the functional analysis; W.G.T. Willats, et al. Carbon partitioning to cellulose synthesis; C.H. Haigler, et al. Gene and protein structure. A census of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana; B. Henrissat, et al. Three-dimensional structures, substrate specificities and biological functions of beta-D-glucan endo- and exohydrolases from higher plants; M. Hrmova, G.B. Fincher. Primary wall wynthesis. Molecular Genetics of Nucleotide Sugar Interconversion Pathways; W.-D. Reiter, G. Vanzin. Golgi enzymes that synthesize plant cell wall polysaccharides: Finding and evaluating candidates in the genomic era; R. Perrin, et al. Integrative approaches to determining Csl function; T.A. Richmond, C.R. Somerville. Mixed-Linkage beta-Glucan synthase and the CesA gene family in cereals; C. Vergara, N. Carpita. The complex structures of arabinogalactan-proteins and the journey towards understanding function; Y.M. Gaspar, et al. Growth, Signaling and Defense. The molecular basis of plant cell wall extension; C.P. Darley, et al. WAKs: Cell wall associated kinases linking the cytoplasm to the extracellular matrix; C.M. Anderson, et al. Secondary wall synthesis. Mutations of the secondary wall; S. Turner, et al. Differential expression of cell-wall-related genes during formation of tracheary elements in the Zinnia mesophyll cell system; D. Milioni, et al. Unraveling cell wall formation in the woody dicot stem; E.J. Mellerowicz, et al. Functional genomics and cell wall biosynthesis in loblolly pine; R. Whetten, et al. Cell Wall Biotechnology. Enabling technologies for manipulating multiple genes on complex pathways; C. Halpin, et al. Cell wall metabolism in fruit softening and quality, and its manipulation in transgenic plants; D.A. Brummell, M.H. Harpster.