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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2016

Grass Cell Walls: A Story of Cross-Linking.

Ronald D Hatfield, David M Rancour, Jane M Marita

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96citing papers in PubMed
48.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 273 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ronald D HatfieldU.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Madison, WI, USA.
David M RancourU.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Madison, WI, USA.
Jane M MaritaU.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Madison, WI, USA.
Agricultural Research Service · USU.S. Dairy Forage Research Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell wall matrices are complex composites mainly of polysaccharides, phenolics (monomers and polymers), and protein. We are beginning to understand the synthesis of these major wall components individually, but still have a poor understanding of how cell walls are assembled into complex matrices. Valuable insight has been gained by examining intact components to understand the individual elements that make up plant cell walls. Grasses are a prominent group within the plant kingdom, not only for their important roles in global agriculture, but also for the complexity of their cell walls. Ferulate incorporation into grass cell wall matrices (C3 and C4 types) leads to a cross-linked matrix that plays a prominent role in the structure and utilization of grass biomass compared to dicot species. Incorporation of

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cell wallscross-linkingferulatesglucuronoarabinoxylansgrassesligninp-coumarates

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PMID28149301
PMCPMC5241289
OpenAlexW2578533239

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