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The Role of Expansins A in Petunia Development

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Expansins, a diverse set of proteins found in plants and some other organisms, appear to play a key regulatory role in cell expansion, thereby serving critical functions in plant morphogenesis, development, and adaptation to stress. We have isolated a number of expansin genes from Petunia. Their ongoing functional analysis provides evidence for their involvement in cell wall functions, including cellulose metabolism, disruption of noncovalent cellulose/glycan bonds, and separation of the cell wall matrix during cell expansion.

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  1. Dipartimento Scienze, Tecnologie e Mercati della Vite e del Vino, Università di Verona, Via della Pieve 70, 37028 San Floriano (Verona), Italia

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Zenoni, S., Zamboni, A., Porceddu, A., Pezzotti, M. (2009). The Role of Expansins A in Petunia Development. In: Gerats, T., Strommer, J. (eds) Petunia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84796-2_12

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