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Expansins are a
family of
closely related nonenzymatic proteins found in the
plant cell wall, with
important roles in
plant cell growth,
fruit softening...
- ATCase/OTCase
family Bacterial pot****ium
transporter DHH
phosphatase family Expansin gene
family Fibroblast growth factors (FGF)
Fibroblast growth factor receptors...
- the cell wall
which increases the
acidity of the cell wall and
activates expansin (an
enzyme that
breaks bonds in the cell wall structure) that
weaken the...
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because the cell
walls are made more
extensible by
expansin, a pH-dependent wall-loosening protein.
Expansin loosens the network-like
connections between cellulose...
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resulting reduction in pH
causes the
relaxation of the cell wall protein,
expansin, and
allows for an
increase in cell
volume via
osmosis and turgor. As a...
- R; Herrera, R; Moya-Leon, M (2009). "Expression of an ethylene-related
expansin gene
during softening of
mountain papaya fruit (Vasconcellea pubescens)"...
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cellular elongation: as the cell wall is
partially degraded by the
action of
expansins, the less
rigid wall is
expanded by the
pressure coming from
within the...
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bacterial spot. When the cell wall proteins,
polygalacturonase and
expansin are
prevented from
being produced in fruits, they are less susceptible...
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xyloglucans into the cell wall. It is also
thought to be the
substrate of alpha-
expansin,
which promotes cell wall enlargement.
Xyloglucan has a
backbone of β1→4-linked...
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fungus Colletotrichum.
Plant expansin genes were
transferred to
fungi further enabling the
fungi to
infect plants.
Plant expansin genes were
transferred to...
