Sentences with phrase «form plant cell walls»

Research in the Rose lab is focused on understanding the biological importance of the structural polymers that form plant cell walls, as well as the water resistant barrier, called the cuticle (the plant «skin»), which covers the above ground surfaces of land plants.

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«Together these studies tell a story about how mushroom - forming fungi evolved a complex mechanism for breakdown of plant cell walls in «white rot» and then cast it aside following the evolution of mycorrhizal associations, as well as the alternative decay mechanism of «brown rot,»» Hibbett said.

Lignin, which forms in the plant cell wall, is an essential component for tree growth that imparts strength and density to timber.

Now, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have made a better thermoplastic by replacing styrene with lignin, a brittle, rigid polymer that, with cellulose, forms the woody cell walls of plants.

The ingredients list speaks for itself: magnesium glycinate, ascorbyl palmitate (a fat - soluble form of Vitamin C), cellulose (what plant cell walls are made of), and water.