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Title
Loosening of plant cell walls by expansins.
Abstract
Discusses the growth of plant cell walls and the discovery of expansins. Details of wall expansion which occurs when slippage or rearrangement of the matrix polymers that coat the microfibrils and hold them in place; Role of wall expansion for the softening of fruit; Characteristics of wall loosing which is caused by expansins.