zinnia peruviana/carbohydrate

Cell walls were prepared from cultured mesophyll cells of Zinnia elegans L. that were transdifferentiating into tracheary elements and incubated in a buffer to undergo autolysis. The rate of autolysis of cell walls was determined by measuring the amount of carbohydrate released from the cell walls

Xylogenic cultures of zinnia (Zinnia elegans) provide a unique opportunity to study signaling pathways of tracheary element (TE) differentiation. In vitro TEs differentiate into either protoxylem (PX)-like TEs characterized by annular/helical secondary wall thickening or metaxylem (MX)-like TEs with

The chemical and structural organization of the plant cell wall was examined in Zinnia elegans tracheary elements (TEs), which specialize by developing prominent secondary wall thickenings underlying the primary wall during xylogenesis in vitro. Three imaging platforms were used in conjunction with