Highlights•The distinction between expansins and expansin-like proteins is clarified.•Site-
directed mutagenesis reveals expansin's complex binding to plant cell walls.•Expansin …

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria with high G+ C DNA content that constitute one of
the largest bacterial phyla, and they are ubiquitously distributed in both aquatic and …

The expansin superfamily of plant proteins is made up of four families, designated α-
expansin, β-expansin, expansin-like A and expansin-like B. α-Expansin and β-expansin …

We present a draft assembly of the genome of European pear (Pyrus communis)'Bartlett'.
Our assembly was developed employing second generation sequencing technology (Roche …

The growing cell wall in plants has conflicting requirements to be strong enough to withstand
the high tensile forces generated by cell turgor pressure while selectively yielding to those …

This article will cover historical and recent aspects of reactions and mechanisms involved in
the auxin-induced signalling cascade that terminates in the dramatic elongation growth of …

The expression of two Arabidopsis expansin genes (AtEXP7 and AtEXP18) is tightly linked
to root hair initiation; thus, the regulation of these genes was studied to elucidate how …

Swollenin, a protein first characterized in the saprophytic fungus Trichoderma reesei,
contains an N-terminal carbohydrate-binding module family 1 domain (CBD) with cellulose …

Expansins are cell wall proteins that induce pH-dependent wall extension and stress
relaxation in a characteristic and unique manner. Two families of expansins are known …

Expansins are now generally accepted to be key regulators of wall extension during growth.
Several alternative roles for expansins have emerged in which the emphasis of their action …