title: Toward a systems approach to understanding plant cell walls.
abstract: One of the defining features of plants is a body plan based on the physical properties of cell walls. Structural analyses of the polysaccharide components, combined with high-resolution imaging, have provided the basis for much of the current understanding of cell walls. The application of genetic methods has begun to provide new insights into how walls are made, how they are controlled, and how they function. However, progress in integrating biophysical, developmental, and genetic information into a useful model will require a system-based approach.
authors.affiliation: Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. crs@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Somerville
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Ginger
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brininstool
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Facette
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paredez
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raab
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Youngs
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008954:Models, Biological; D059828:Plant Cells; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D049490:Systems Biology
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011134:Polysaccharides