A genomic library screen and PCR-based strategies were employed to isolate six genes
with sequence similarity to a cotton fibre-specific mRNA encoding an α-expansin. α …

Cotton provides us the most important natural fibre. High fibre quality is the major goal of
cotton breeding, and introducing genes conferring longer, finer and stronger fibre from G …

Grasses contain a number of genes encoding both α-and β-expansins. These cell wall
proteins are predicted to play a role in cell wall modifications, particularly during tissue …

Plant growth requires cell wall extension. The cotton AtRD22-Like 1 gene GhRDL1,
predominately expressed in elongating fiber cells, encodes a BURP domain-containing …

Abstract Background Expansins (EXPs), a group of proteins that loosen plant cell walls and
cellulosic materials, are involved in regulating cell growth and diverse developmental …

Expansins and xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (XTHs) are families of
extracellular proteins with members that have been shown to play an important role in cell …

Abstract α-Expansins are extracellular proteins that increase plant cell-wall extensibility. We
analysed their pattern of expression in cucumber roots in the presence and in the absence …

The rice genome contains at least 28 EXPA (α-expansin) genes. We have obtained near full-
length cDNAs from the previously uncharacterized genes. Analysis of these newly identified …

Each fiber of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is a single epidermal cell that rapidly elongates to
2.5 to 3.0 cm from the ovule surface within about 16 d after anthesis. A large number of …

The knowledge of biological significance associated with DNA markers is very limited in
cotton. SNPs are potential functional marker to tag genes of biological importance. Plant …