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A plant cell differs from an animal one in many respects, one of the main ones being the presence of a rather rigid cell wall which functions as a skeleton and protects the cell contents against the action of osmosis, the disruptive action of external mechanical forces, and the penetration of pathogens (bacteria etc.) into the cell.
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Tarchevsky, I.A., Marchenko, G.N. (1991). Cell Wall Composition. In: Cellulose: Biosynthesis and Structure. Heidelberger Lehrtexte Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75474-6_2
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