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The Role of Microtubules in Plant Cell Wall Growth

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The earliest microscopic evidence that higher plants are composed of cells rested on visualization of walls as cell remnants in wood and cork (Figure 1). In time it was recognized that the living eukaryotic plant cell is usually encased in a wall which grows by apposition from within, and that crystalline cellulose predominates as a skeletal component of the wall. Cell shape and function are determined largely by the extent and pattern of wall material deposition, along with the orientation in which cellulosic elements are laid down. The longstanding interest in the physical and biological properties of walls is reflected in several summaries which have appeared on the subject through the years.1–3

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  2. New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA

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Ledbetter, M.C. (1982). The Role of Microtubules in Plant Cell Wall Growth. In: Creasy, L.L., Hrazdina, G. (eds) Cellular and Subcellular Localization in Plant Metabolism. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4727-0_4

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