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Plant cell wall
Article By:
Sørensen, Iben Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rose, Jocelyn Kenneth Campbell Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Last reviewed:November 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.117510
The complex structural matrix surrounding all plant cells. Plant cell walls consist mostly of polysaccharides, but they also contain components such as lignin, structural lipids, and proteins in specialized cell types. However, the term plant cell wall is also used more broadly to refer to the entire compartment outside the plasma membrane that forms a continuum throughout the plant. See also: Lignin; Lipid; Plant cell; Polysaccharide; Protein
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