Plant Cell Walls

Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights

Anja Geitmann

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032013213
• eBook ISBN: 9781000996401
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Plant cell walls have been relevant for human survival throughout evolution, from cell walls recognised as an essential ingredient in human and livestock nutrition, to their use in energy generation, construction, tool making, paper and clothing. This plant-generated material is at the centre of a myriad of human activities, and it represents the world's most abundant natural resource for fuel, fibre, food and fodder. Plant Cell Walls: Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights provides an overview of the key discoveries of hundreds of years of plant cell wall research. With chapter contributions from prominent scientists in the cell wall field, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of plant cell wall research, accompanied by a historical overview to illustrate how concepts have evolved, and how progress has been enabled by emerging technological advances.

Plant Cell Walls: Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights elaborates on the translation of research to application in biotechnology and agriculture, and highlights its relevance for climate change mitigation and adaptation. It will be a key resource for plant cell biologists, biochemists and geneticists.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Biography
• Contributors
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Plant Cell Walls – Past, Present, and Future
• Chapter 2 Plant Cell Wall Glycosyltransferases: From Sequence to Structure and Function
• Chapter 3 Nucleotide Sugars and the Transporters That Put Them at the Right Place
• Chapter 4 Enzymic and Non-Enzymic Remodelling of Cell-Wall Polysaccharides
• Chapter 5 Reconsidering Pectin Structure: A Historical Perspective Informed by Studies of the Biosynthetic Enzymes
• Chapter 6 Cell Wall-Related Mechanisms Underlying Plant Cell Expansion
• Chapter 7 Role of the Cell Wall in the Regulation of Fruit Ripening
• Chapter 8 NMR Studies on Cellulose and Plant Cell Walls
• Chapter 9 Adoption of Evolving Technologies to Define Cell Wall Biology in the Grasses: A Brief but Unfinished History
• Chapter 10 Plant Cell Wall Glycan-Directed Monoclonal Antibodies
• Chapter 11 Conceptual Models of the Plant Cell Wall
• Chapter 12 The Glycomic Code of the Plant Cell Wall: How Structure Leads to Function
• Chapter 13 We All Stand Together: An Exploration of the Drivers and Constraints That Have Shaped Plant and Algal Cell Wall Diversity
• Chapter 14 Hydrophobisation of Cell Walls by Cutin, Suberin and Associated Waxes
• Chapter 15 Shapeshifters: Functional Interplays between Plant Cell Walls and Dynamic, Reversible Shape Changes in Plant Cells and Tissues
• Chapter 16 The Biology of Arabinogalactan Proteins in Plant Abiotic Stress and Reproduction
• Chapter 17 Root Cell Walls and Secretions: A Role in the Plant’s Relationship with Its Surrounding Soil Microbiome
• Chapter 18 Plant Cell Wall Integrity Maintenance
• Chapter 19 Cell Wall Signalling in Plants
• Chapter 20 The Ancient Battle between Plants and Pathogens: Resilience of the Plant Cell Wall and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) Drive Plant Immunity
• Chapter 21 Cell Wall Polysaccharide Matrix Dynamics during Wood Development
• Chapter 22 Drying Out Walls: How Do the Cell Walls of Resurrection Plants Survive Desiccation?
• Chapter 23 The Middle Lamella between Anthropic and Evolutionary Contexts
• Chapter 24 The Compound Middle Lamella as a Target for Improved Deconstruction of Woody Biomass
• Chapter 25 Cytokinesis and the Formation of a New Cell Wall
• Index