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Direct Measurement of Plant Cellulose Microfibril and Bundles in Native Cell Walls

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Plants use rigid cellulose together with non-cellulosic matrix polymers to build cell walls. Cellulose microfibrils comprise linear β(1,4)-glucan chains packed through inter- and intra-chain hydrogen-bonding networks and van der Waals forces.
Bo Song, Shuai Zhao, Shuai Zhao, Shuai Zhao, Wei Shen, Wei Shen, Cynthia Collings, Cynthia Collings, Shi-You Ding, Shi-You Ding   +9 more
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Strengthening of Wood-Like Materials via Densification and Nanoparticle Intercalation

Nanomaterials, 2020
Recently, several chemical and physical treatments were developed to improve different properties of wood. Such treatments are applicable to many types of cellulose-based materials.
David Novel, Simone Ghio, Andrea Gaiardo, Antonino Picciotto, Vincenzo Guidi, Giorgio Speranza, Maurizio Boscardin, Pierluigi Bellutti, Nicola M. Pugno   +8 more
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Preferred crystallographic orientation of cellulose in plant primary cell walls

Nature Communications, 2020
Cellulose is synthesized as microfibrils of β-1,4-linked glucan chains arranged in a crystalline lattice. Here Ye et al. use grazing incidence wide angle X-ray scattering to show that cellulose crystals are preferentially orientated parallel to the plant
Dan Ye, Sintu Rongpipi, Sarah N. Kiemle, William J. Barnes, Arielle M. Chaves, Chenhui Zhu, Victoria A. Norman, Alexander Liebman-Peláez, Alexander Hexemer, Michael F. Toney, Alison W. Roberts, Charles T. Anderson, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez   +14 more
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Spatial consistency of cell growth direction during organ morphogenesis requires CELLULOSE SYNTHASE INTERACTIVE1

Cell Reports, 2023
Summary: Extracellular matrices contain fibril-like polymers often organized in parallel arrays. Although their role in morphogenesis has been long recognized, it remains unclear how the subcellular control of fibril synthesis translates into organ shape.
Corentin Mollier, Joanna Skrzydeł, Dorota Borowska-Wykręt, Mateusz Majda, Vincent Bayle, Virginie Battu, Jean-Chrisologue Totozafy, Mateusz Dulski, Antoine Fruleux, Roman Wrzalik, Grégory Mouille, Richard S. Smith, Françoise Monéger, Dorota Kwiatkowska, Arezki Boudaoud   +14 more
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THE SIZE OF THE CELLULOSE MICROFIBRIL [PDF]

The Journal of Cell Biology, 1963
Recently the lateral width of the cellulose microfibril has been estimated as 30 A rather than about 150 to 200 A, by extrapolation of data from model shadowing experiments. The difference was attributed to a layer of metal deposited during shadowing.
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Characteristics of Cellulose Nanofibrils from Transgenic Trees with Reduced Expression of Cellulose Synthase Interacting 1

Nanomaterials, 2022
Cellulose nanofibrils can be derived from the native load-bearing cellulose microfibrils in wood. These microfibrils are synthesized by a cellulose synthase enzyme complex that resides in the plasma membrane of developing wood cells.
Simon Jonasson, Anne Bünder, Linn Berglund, Totte Niittylä, Kristiina Oksman   +4 more
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Folding of xylan onto cellulose fibrils in plant cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR

Nature Communications, 2016
The polysaccharide xylan binds to cellulose microfibrils in the plant cell wall, but the nature of this interaction remains unclear. Here Simmonset al.
Thomas J. Simmons, Jenny C. Mortimer, Oigres D. Bernardinelli, Ann-Christin Pöppler, Steven P. Brown, Eduardo R. deAzevedo, Ray Dupree, Paul Dupree   +7 more
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Cellulose nanocrystals-microfibrils biocomposite with improved membrane performance

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2023
This study investigates eco-friendly membrane biocomposites derived from biomass, utilizing cellulose microfibrils (CMF) as the main membrane material. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), isolated from rice husk, were added as reinforcing fillers in CMF flat ...
Moch Saifur Rijal, Muhamad Nasir, Bambang Sunendar Purwasasmita, Lia A.T.W. Asri   +3 more
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A Structurally Specialized Uniform Wall Layer is Essential for Constructing Wall Ingrowth Papillae in Transfer Cells

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Transfer cells are characterized by wall labyrinths with either a flange or reticulate architecture. A literature survey established that reticulate wall ingrowth papillae ubiquitously arise from a modified component of their wall labyrinth, termed the ...
Xue Xia, Hui-Ming Zhang, Christina E. Offler, John W. Patrick   +3 more
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Progress and Opportunities in the Characterization of Cellulose – An Important Regulator of Cell Wall Growth and Mechanics

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
The plant cell wall is a dynamic network of several biopolymers and structural proteins including cellulose, pectin, hemicellulose and lignin. Cellulose is one of the main load bearing components of this complex, heterogeneous structure, and in this way,
Sintu Rongpipi, Dan Ye, Enrique D. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Esther W. Gomez, Esther W. Gomez   +6 more
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