Throughout evolution, a number of animals including humans have lost the ability to
synthesize ascorbic acid (ascorbate, vitamin C), an essential molecule in the physiology of …

Hemicelluloses are polysaccharides in plant cell walls that have β-(1→ 4)-linked backbones
with an equatorial configuration. Hemicelluloses include xyloglucans, xylans, mannans and …

The discovery of xyloglucan and its ability to bind tightly to cellulose has dominated our
thinking about primary cell wall structure and its connection to the mechanism of cell …

We report the draft genome of the black cottonwood tree, Populus trichocarpa. Integration of
shotgun sequence assembly with genetic map** enabled chromosome-scale …

One major component of plant cell walls is a diverse group of polysaccharides, the
hemicelluloses. Hemicelluloses constitute roughly one-third of the wall biomass and …

Pectin is a family of complex polysaccharides present in all plant primary cell walls. The
complicated structure of the pectic polysaccharides, and the retention by plants of the large …

One of the defining features of plants is a body plan based on the physical properties of cell
walls. Structural analyses of the polysaccharide components, combined with high-resolution …

Comprehensive in scope, Food Polysaccharides and Their Applications, Second Edition
explains the production aspects and the chemical and physical properties of the main …

Turgor-driven plant cell growth depends on wall structure. Two allelic l-fucose–deficient
Arabidopsis thaliana mutants (mur1-1 and 1-2) are dwarfed and their rosette leaves do not …

Polyploidization is a major driver of speciation and its importance to plant evolution has
been well recognized. Bamboos comprise one diploid herbaceous and three polyploid …