Hypotheses about Cellulose Microfibril Ordering Mechanisms

2 HYPOTHESES ABOUT CELLULOSE MICROFIBRIL ORDERING MECHANISMS 

In 1962, Green stated that ...the control of the cylindrical cell form in plants appears to reside in the orientation of the reinforcing CMFs in the side walls... and that ...control of new synthesis of oriented wall texture is shown to be in 

These authors conclude that cortical microtubules are dispensable for CMF alignment locally, but not globally. 

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