The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Structure and nanomechanical properties of a wonderfully complex material, the primary cell wall of plants: recent progress based on AFM and FESEM
1. Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Etats-Unis
Growing plant cells synthesize a strong yet extensible cell wall (=extracellular matrix) composed of long, thin cellulose microfibrils that are laterally bonded to one another…