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A proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of the physical changes in growing plant cell walls

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Changes in broadline proton nuclear magnetic resonance parameters of cell walls during growth of etiolated hypocotyls of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) indicate that cell wall structure becomes more rigid during development. Most of the changes are completed in the first 6 cm below cotyledon insertion and are correlated with increased restriction of proton movements in regions of dense polymer packing.

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Abbreviations

FID:

free induction decay

M2 :

second moment

M2interpair :

interpair second moment

NMR:

nuclear magnetic resonance

T1D :

dipolar relaxation time

T2 :

spin-spin relaxation time

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  1. Julia C. Wallace

    Present address: Department of Medical Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  2. Ken Sasaki

    Present address: School of Medicine, Washington University, 63130, St Louis, MO, USA

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  1. Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

    Julia C. Wallace & Alex L. MacKay

  2. Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

    Ken Sasaki & Iain E. P. Taylor

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This work was supported by grants from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to A.L.M., I.E.P.T. and M. Bloom.

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Wallace, J.C., MacKay, A.L., Sasaki, K. et al. A proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of the physical changes in growing plant cell walls. Planta 190, 227–230 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196615

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