The plant cell wall: Biosynthesis, construction, and functions

B Zhang, Y Gao, L Zhang, Y Zhou - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The plant cell wall is composed of multiple biopolymers, representing one of the most
complex structural networks in nature. Hundreds of genes are involved in building such a …

NAC-MYB-based transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in land plants

Y Nakano, M Yamaguchi, H Endo, NA Rejab… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Plant cells biosynthesize primary cell walls (PCW) in all cells and produce secondary cell
walls (SCWs) in specific cell types that conduct water and/or provide mechanical support …

The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and FunctionsF

WJ Lucas, A Groover, R Lichtenberger… - Journal of integrative …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Contents I. Introduction 295 II. Evolution of the Plant Vascular System 295 III. Phloem
Development & Differentiation 300 IV. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Xylem Cell …

Decoding the massive genome of loblolly pine using haploid DNA and novel assembly strategies

DB Neale, JL Wegrzyn, KA Stevens, AV Zimin, D Puiu… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background The size and complexity of conifer genomes has, until now, prevented full
genome sequencing and assembly. The large research community and economic …

The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants

JA Banks, T Nishiyama, M Hasebe, JL Bowman… - science, 2011 - science.org
Vascular plants appeared~ 410 million years ago, then diverged into several lineages of
which only two survive: the euphyllophytes (ferns and seed plants) and the lycophytes. We …

Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the plant-specific NAC transcription factor family in soybean during development and dehydration stress

DT Le, RIE Nishiyama, Y Watanabe, K Mochida… - DNA …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Plant-specific NAC transcription factors (TFs) play important roles in regulating diverse
biological processes, including development, senescence, growth, cell division and …

The MYB46 Transcription Factor Is a Direct Target of SND1 and Regulates Secondary Wall Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

R Zhong, EA Richardson, ZH Ye - The Plant Cell, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We demonstrate that the Arabidopsis thaliana MYB46 transcription factor is a direct target of
SECONDARY WALL-ASSOCIATED NAC DOMAIN PROTEIN1 (SND1), which is a key …

Cellulolytic systems in insects

H Watanabe, G Tokuda - Annual review of entomology, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Despite the presence of many carbohydrolytic activities in insects, their cellulolytic
mechanisms are poorly understood. Whereas cellulase genes are absent from the genomes …

Non-cell-autonomous control of vascular stem cell fate by a CLE peptide/receptor system

Y Hirakawa, H Shinohara, Y Kondo… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Land plants evolved a long-distance transport system of water and nutrients composed of
the xylem and phloem, both of which are generated from the procambium-and cambium …

Mutation of WRKY transcription factors initiates pith secondary wall formation and increases stem biomass in dicotyledonous plants

H Wang, U Avci, J Nakashima… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Stems of dicotyledonous plants consist of an outer epidermis, a cortex, a ring of secondarily
thickened vascular bundles and interfascicular cells, and inner pith parenchyma cells with …