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Pectin methylesterase and pectin remodelling differ in the fibre walls of two gossypium species with very different fibre properties.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Liu Qinxiang, Talbot Mark, Llewellyn Danny J
Abstract excerpt
Pectin, a major component of the primary cell walls of dicot plants, is synthesized in Golgi, secreted into the wall as methylesters and subsequently de-esterified by pectin methylesterase (PME). Pectin remodelling by PMEs is known to be important in regulating cell expansion in plants, but has been poorly studied in cotton. In this study, genome-wide analysis showed that PMEs are a large multi-gene family (81...
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