Approaches to understanding the functional architecture of the plant cell wall
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Approaches to understanding the functional architecture of the plant cell wall. / McCann, Maureen C.; Bush, Max; Milioni, Dimitra; Sado, Pierre; Stacey, Nicola J.; Catchpole, Gareth; Defernez, Marianne; Carpita, Nicholas C.; Hofte, Herman; Ulvskov, Peter; Wilson, Reginald H.; Roberts, Keith.
In: Phytochemistry, Vol. 57, No. 6, 03.07.2001, p. 811-821.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Approaches to understanding the functional architecture of the plant cell wall
AU - McCann, Maureen C.
AU - Bush, Max
AU - Milioni, Dimitra
AU - Sado, Pierre
AU - Stacey, Nicola J.
AU - Catchpole, Gareth
AU - Defernez, Marianne
AU - Carpita, Nicholas C.
AU - Hofte, Herman
AU - Ulvskov, Peter
AU - Wilson, Reginald H.
AU - Roberts, Keith
N1 - Funding Information: We are grateful to Drs. J.P. Knox and P. Van Cutsem for their kind gifts of mAbs. We would like to thank Kate Kemsley for advice on using PCA and LDA, Grant Calder for assistance with the Leica confocal microscope, Sue Bunnewell for photographic assistance, and Dr. Jonathon Jones and Dr. Wendy Durrant for assistance and advice with the cDNA-AFLP screen. NJS, MD, GC, RHW and KR gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the BBSRC. DM is funded by an EU Marie Curie Fellowship, MB is funded by an EU network grant, PS is funded by a BBSRC special studentship, NCC is funded by a grant from the US National Science Foundation Genome Research Program, and MCM is funded by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship.
PY - 2001/7/3
Y1 - 2001/7/3
N2 - Cell wall polysaccharides are some of the most complex biopolymers known, and yet their functions remain largely mysterious. Advances in imaging methods permit direct visualisation of the molecular architecture of cell walls and the modifications that occur to polymers during growth and development. To address the structural and functional relationships of individual cell wall components, we need to better characterise a broad range of structural and architectural alterations in cell walls, appearing as a consequence of developmental regulation, environmental adaptation or genetic modification. We have developed a rapid method to screen large numbers of plants for a broad range of cell wall phenotypes using Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis. We are using model systems to uncover the genes that encode some of the cell-wall-related biosynthetic and hydrolytic enzymes, and structural proteins.
AB - Cell wall polysaccharides are some of the most complex biopolymers known, and yet their functions remain largely mysterious. Advances in imaging methods permit direct visualisation of the molecular architecture of cell walls and the modifications that occur to polymers during growth and development. To address the structural and functional relationships of individual cell wall components, we need to better characterise a broad range of structural and architectural alterations in cell walls, appearing as a consequence of developmental regulation, environmental adaptation or genetic modification. We have developed a rapid method to screen large numbers of plants for a broad range of cell wall phenotypes using Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis. We are using model systems to uncover the genes that encode some of the cell-wall-related biosynthetic and hydrolytic enzymes, and structural proteins.
KW - Arabidopsis
KW - CDNA-AFLP
KW - Cellulose
KW - Compositae
KW - Cruciferae
KW - Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy
KW - Pectin
KW - Reflectance confocal scanning laser microscopy
KW - Solanaceae
KW - Solanum tuberosum
KW - Zinnia elegans
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035800124&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00144-3
DO - 10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00144-3
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 11423133
AN - SCOPUS:0035800124
VL - 57
SP - 811
EP - 821
JO - Phytochemistry
JF - Phytochemistry
SN - 0031-9422
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 308329071