title: Plant cell walls: wall-associated kinases and cell expansion.
abstract: Arabidopsis has a family of five cell wall-associated protein kinases (WAKs) with properties suggestive of transmembrane sensors between the cell wall and the cytoplasm. Recent results show that WAKs are bound to pectin and are necessary for normal leaf cell enlargement and other growth processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Penn State University, 208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cosgrove
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D048429:Cell Size; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000201:enzymology; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011494:Protein Kinases