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Leaf biomechanical properties in Arabidopsis thaliana polysaccharide mutants affect drought survival.
Journal of biomechanics - 26 Nov 2015
Balsamo Ronald, Boak Merewyn, Nagle Kayla, Peethambaran Bela, Layton Bradley
Abstract excerpt
Individual sugars are the building blocks of cell wall polysaccharides, which in turn comprise a plant׳s overall architectural structure. But which sugars play the most prominent role in maintaining a plant׳s mechanical stability during large cellular deformations induced by drought? We investigated the individual contributions of several genes that are involved in the synthesis of monosaccharides which are...
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