TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding order in a bustling construction zone
T2 - quantitative imaging and analysis of cell wall assembly in plants
AU - Anderson, Charles T.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Assembly of polysaccharide-based walls by plant cells involves the rapid synthesis, trafficking, and deposition of complex biopolymers, but how these events are controlled and coordinated to achieve a strong, resilient extracellular matrix has remained obscure for decades. Recent quantitative analyses of fluorescence microscopy data have revealed details of the trafficking and synthetic activity of cellulose synthases, and new methods for labeling matrix polymers have unveiled aspects of their regulated deposition in the wall. Detailed studies of the identity, architecture, activity, and trafficking of the proteins and protein complexes that synthesize wall polymers, combined with advances in image acquisition and analysis, will aid future efforts to dissect wall assembly.
AB - Assembly of polysaccharide-based walls by plant cells involves the rapid synthesis, trafficking, and deposition of complex biopolymers, but how these events are controlled and coordinated to achieve a strong, resilient extracellular matrix has remained obscure for decades. Recent quantitative analyses of fluorescence microscopy data have revealed details of the trafficking and synthetic activity of cellulose synthases, and new methods for labeling matrix polymers have unveiled aspects of their regulated deposition in the wall. Detailed studies of the identity, architecture, activity, and trafficking of the proteins and protein complexes that synthesize wall polymers, combined with advances in image acquisition and analysis, will aid future efforts to dissect wall assembly.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.07.014
DO - 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.07.014
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30107305
AN - SCOPUS:85051244771
VL - 46
SP - 62
EP - 67
JO - Current Opinion in Plant Biology
JF - Current Opinion in Plant Biology
SN - 1369-5266
ER -