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Expression of a divergent expansin gene is fruit-specific and ripening-regulated.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 May 1997
Rose J K, Lee H H, Bennett A B
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Expansins are proteins that induce extension in isolated plant cell walls in vitro and have been proposed to disrupt noncovalent interactions between hemicellulose and cellulose microfibrils. Because the plant primary cell wall acts as a constraint to cell enlargement, this process may be integra...
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