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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Lepidium sativum
SUBMITTER: Simon Pearce
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-55702 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Plant physiology 20141126 1
Pectin methylesterase (PME) controls the methylesterification status of pectins and thereby determines the biophysical properties of plant cell walls, which are important for tissue growth and weakening processes. We demonstrate here that tissue-specific and spatiotemporal alterations in cell wall pectin methylesterification occur during the germination of garden cress (Lepidium sativum). These cell wall changes are associated with characteristic expression patterns of PME genes and resultant en ...[more]