Cellulose assembles into helical bundles of uniform handedness in cell walls with abnormal pectin composition
Saffer A, Baskin T, Verma A, Stanislas T, Oldenbourg R, Irish V. Cellulose assembles into helical bundles of uniform handedness in cell walls with abnormal pectin composition. The Plant Journal 2023, 116: 855-870. PMID: 37548081, PMCID: PMC10592269, DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell wallPlant cellsWild typeMost plant cellsPetal epidermal cellsDirect morphogenesisHelical bundlePetal cellsRemarkable diversityEpidermal cellsLarger macrofibrilsPectin compositionCell morphologyUniform handednessPolysaccharide componentsMorphogenesisMutantsConsistent chiralityHelical twistInteresting exceptionsRhamnogalacturonanCellsRight-handed helixEmergent propertiesPrimary determinant