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ArticlePlant signaling & behavior2016

Interconnections between cell wall polymers, wall mechanics, and cortical microtubules: Teasing out causes and consequences.

Chaowen Xiao, Charles T Anderson

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Article in Plant signaling & behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chaowen Xiaoa Department of Biology , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA , USA.
Charles T Andersona Department of Biology , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA , USA.
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In plants, cell wall components including cellulose, hemicelluloses, and pectins interact with each other to form complex extracellular network structures that control cell growth and maintain cell shape. However, it is still not clear exactly how different wall polymers interact, how the conformations and interactions of cell wall polymers relate to wall mechanics, and how these factors impinge on intracellular structures such as the cortical microtubule cytoskeleton. Here, based on studies of Arabidopsis thaliana xxt1 xxt2 mutants, which lack detectable xyloglucan in their walls and display aberrant wall mechanics, altered cellulose patterning and biosynthesis, and reduced cortical microtubule stability, we discuss the potential relationships between cell wall biosynthesis, wall mechanics, and cytoskeletal dynamics in an effort to better understand their roles in controlling plant growth and morphogenesis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCelluloseCell WallGlucansMicrotubulesMutationXylansArabidopsis ProteinsCelluloseGlucansXylansxyloglucanArabidopsis thalianacellulosemicrotubulesplant cell wallswall mechanicsxyloglucan

Identifiers

PMID27611066
PMCPMC5155451
OpenAlexW2507794836

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