To browse Academia. This e-book compilation focuses on the role of plant cell walls in interactions with various organisms, including pathogens, parasites, and symbiotic microorganisms.
The complex structure of plant cell walls, primarily made of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, serves not only as a physical barrier but also plays a crucial role in signaling plant defense mechanisms.
The collection includes various forms of articles providing insights into experimental approaches and the dynamic modifications of cell walls during these interactions, which can significantly influence plant resistance and susceptibility. The plant cell wall is a complex 3D network composed of polysaccharides, lignin and proteins.
The knowledge of the structure and content of each cell wall polymer is a prerequisite to understand their functions during plant development and adaptation but also to optimise their industrial applications. The analysis of cell wall compounds is complicated by their multiple molecular interactions. In this review, we present numerous methods to purify, characterise and quantify proteins, polysaccharides and lignin from the wall.
The second approach describes in situ methods that allow the cell wall polymer characterisation thanking to many analytical techniques coupled with microscopy.
