Current Models for Transcriptional Regulation of Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Grasses.

ABSTRACT: Secondary cell walls mediate many crucial biological processes in plants including mechanical support, water and nutrient transport and stress management. They also provide an abundant resource of renewable feed, fiber, and fuel. The grass family contains the most important food, forage, and biofuel crops. Understanding the regulatory mechanism of secondary wall formation in grasses is necessary for exploiting these plants for agriculture and industry. Previous research has established a detailed model of the secondary wall regulatory network in the dicot model species Arabidopsis thaliana. Grasses, branching off from the dicot ancestor 140-150 million years ago, display distinct cell wall morphology and composition, suggesting potential for a different secondary wall regulation program fr

SUBMITTER: Rao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5893761 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature