The polysaccharide xyloglucan is thought to play an important structural role in the primary
cell wall of dicotyledons. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in understanding the …

Plants have evolved sensory mechanisms to detect pathogen attack and trigger signalling
pathways that induce rapid defence responses. These mechanisms include not only direct …

Plant cell walls represent the most abundant renewable resource on this planet. Despite
their great abundance, only 2% of this resource is currently used by humans. Hence …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

Numerous examples have been presented of enzyme activities, assayed in vitro, that appear
relevant to the synthesis of structural polysaccharides, and to their assembly and …

The cell wall (CW) has been recognized as the major target of aluminum (Al) toxicity.
However, the components responsible for Al accumulation and the mechanisms of Al …

Lateral roots (LRs) are the main component of the root system architecture in Arabidopsis.
The plasticity of LR development has an important role in improving plant survival in …

Xyloglucan endohydrolase (XEH) and xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (XET) activities,
encoded by xyloglucan endotransglucosylase-hydrolase (XTH) genes, are involved in cell …

The xyloglucan family of polysaccharides continues to be the focus of much attention due to
the central role these highly branched glycans play in contemporary plant cell wall models …

The mechanism by which events in the angiosperm cell wall are communicated to the
cytoplasm is not well characterized. A family of five Arabidopsis wall-associated kinases …