Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls

作者：Chris R. Somerville, Štefan Bauer, Ginger Brininstool, Michelle R. Facette, Thorsten Hamann, Jennifer L. Milne, Erin Osborne Nishimura, Alexander R. Paredez, Staffan Persson, Ted Raab, Sonja Vorwerk, Heather L. Youngs · 发表于：Science · 年份：2004 · DOI：10.1126/science.1102765 · 被引用次数：1314 · 研究领域：Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls、Plant Molecular Biology Research、Plant Reproductive Biology

One of the defining features of plants is a body plan based on the physical properties of cell walls. Structural analyses of the polysaccharide components, combined with high-resolution imaging, have provided the basis for much of the current understanding of cell walls. The application of genetic methods has begun to provide new insights into how walls are made, how they are controlled, and how they function. However, progress in integrating biophysical, developmental, and genetic information into a useful model will require a system-based approach.