Primary cell wall plant anatomy

Cellulose, consisting of unbranched β--linked glucan chains, is the main polymer in most plant cell walls Although the chemical nature of

A cell wall is defined as the non-living component, covering the outmost layer of a cell Its composition varies according to the organism and is permeable in

cell cycle cell wall Specifically, the land plant lineage appears to have acquired a suite of genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis and metabolism including

cellular respiration Three of these are the same as in animal cells: a thin cell membrane on the outside, the jelly-like cytoplasm and the cell nucleus (these are discussed in