Cell Wall Metabolism in Response to Abiotic Stress [PDF]
Plants, 2015 This review focuses on the responses of the plant cell wall to several abiotic stresses including drought, flooding, heat, cold, salt, heavy metals, light, and air pollutants.
Hyacinthe Le Gall +5 more
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Antibiotic Targets in Gonococcal Cell Wall Metabolism [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2018 The peptidoglycan cell wall that encloses the bacterial cell and provides structural support and protection is remodeled by multiple enzymes that synthesize and cleave the polymer during growth.
Krizia M. Pérez Medina +1 more
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Functional characterization of genes mediating cell wall metabolism and responses to plant cell wall integrity impairment [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2019 Background Plant cell walls participate in all plant-environment interactions. Maintaining cell wall integrity (CWI) during these interactions is essential.
Timo Engelsdorf +10 more
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Central Sugar Metabolism and the Cell Wall
mBio, 2022 The human opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is recognized for its versatile cell wall when it comes to remodeling its components in adaptation to external threats, and this remodeling renders it refractory to antifungals targeting cell wall ...
Hajar Yaakoub +2 more
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Plant cell wall lignification and monolignol metabolism [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013 Plants are built of various specialized cell types that differ in their cell wall composition and structure. The cell walls of certain tissues (xylem, sclerenchyma) are characterized by the presence of the heterogenous polymer lignin that plays an ...
Yin eWang +5 more
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Metabolism of Stone Fruits: Reciprocal Contribution Between Primary Metabolism and Cell Wall [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Cell wall turnover and modification in its composition are key factors during stone fruit development and patterning. Changes in cell wall disassembly and reassembly are essential for fruit growth and ripening.
Monica Canton +6 more
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Exogenous Methyl Jasmonate (MeJA) Improves ‘Ruixue’ Apple Fruit Quality by Regulating Cell Wall Metabolism [PDF]
Foods‘Ruixue’ apples were used as the test material to study the effect of 10 μM methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on the quality and cell wall metabolism of apples after 18 d of storage.
Xiaoyi Ding +6 more
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Fluorescent probes for glucolipid metabolism of bacterial cell wall
Green Chemical Engineering, 2023 Cell wall is a basic component of bacteria that promotes bacteria to adapt the complicated environment as well as play an essential role in antimicrobial resistance.
Yurou Huang +5 more
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Horizontal-Acquisition of a Promiscuous Peptidoglycan-Recycling Enzyme Enables Aphids To Influence Symbiont Cell Wall Metabolism [PDF]
mBio, 2021 During evolution, enzymes can undergo shifts in preferred substrates or in catalytic activities. An intriguing question is how enzyme function changes following horizontal gene transfer, especially for bacterial genes that have moved to animal genomes ...
Thomas E. Smith +5 more
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Putrescine Treatment Delayed the Softening of Postharvest Blueberry Fruit by Inhibiting the Expression of Cell Wall Metabolism Key Gene VcPG1 [PDF]
Plants, 2022 The postharvest shelf life of blueberries is very short at room temperature owing to softening, which reduces their edible value. Putrescine (Put) plays an important role in maintaining the firmness and prolonging the storage time of fruits.
Xiangchong Song +6 more
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