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Expansins and cell growth.
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Dec 2003
Li Yi, Jones Louise, McQueen-Mason Simon
Abstract excerpt
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 is on wall breakdown or softening in processes such as fruit ripening, pollination, germination and abscission. Expansins are commonly encoded by substantial gene families and have classically been divided into two subfamilies,...
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