TY - JOUR AU - Handakumbura, Pubudu P. AU - Matos, Dominick A. AU - Osmont, Karen S. AU - Harrington, Michael J. AU - Heo, Kyuyoung AU - Kafle, Kabindra AU - Kim, Seong H. AU - Baskin, Tobias I. AU - Hazen, Samuel P. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/09/11 TI - Perturbation ofBrachypodium distachyon CELLULOSE SYNTHASE A4or7results in abnormal cell walls JO - BMC Plant Biology SP - 131 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Cellulose is an integral component of the plant cell wall and accounts for approximately forty percent of total plant biomass but understanding its mechanism of synthesis remains elusive. CELLULOSE SYNTHASE A (CESA) proteins function as catalytic subunits of a rosette-shaped complex that synthesizes cellulose at the plasma membrane. Arabidopsis thaliana and rice (Oryza sativa) secondary wall CESA loss-of-function mutants have weak stems and irregular or thin cell walls. SN - 1471-2229 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-13-131 DO - 10.1186/1471-2229-13-131 ID - Handakumbura2013 ER -