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Cell Wall Pectic Content as an Early Signal for Cell Separation

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Cell Separation in Plants

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Abstract

Softening is common to various processes that include ripening, several physiological disorders, changes due to pathological attack, wilting of flowers and, in a sense, also abscission. Chemically, these processes have in common, changes to pectic substances which comprise one of the main groups of compounds that make up cell walls.

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    Michael B. Jackson

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Jona, R. (1989). Cell Wall Pectic Content as an Early Signal for Cell Separation. In: Osborne, D.J., Jackson, M.B. (eds) Cell Separation in Plants. NATO ASI Series, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74161-6_42

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