Pectin Methylesterase, a Regulator of Pollen Tube Growth
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Pectin methylesterase, a regulator of pollen tube growth.
The apical wall of growing pollen tubes must be strong enough to withstand the internal turgor pressure, but plastic enough to allow the incorporation of new membrane and cell wall material to support polarized tip growth. These essential rheological properties appear to be controlled by pectins, which constitute the principal component of the apical cell wall. Pectins are secreted as methylest...
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عنوان ژورنال: Plant Physiology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1532-2548,0032-0889
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.059865