Mapping nano-scale mechanical heterogeneity of primary plant cell walls

Micromechanical maps on three plant systems universally reveal ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ domains on the cell wall surface; the observed micrometre-level spatial heterogeneity may be significant for cell growth and morphogenesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yakubov, Gleb E., Bonilla, Mauricio R., Chen, Huaying, Doblin, Monika S., Bacic, Antony, Gidley, Michael J., Stokes, Jason R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861025/