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Name | : Dr. Takumi Takeda | |
Nationality | : Japanese | |
Former position in group | : Postdoctoral researcher |
Xyloglucan is major polysaccharide of primary cell wall in Dicot plants and proposed to be associated with cell elongation. A cleavage of xyloglucan tether formed between cellulose microfibrils by hydrogen bond may cause cell wall loosening in elongating cells. On the other hand, formation of newly generated tether gives the increase in physical properties to cell wall. My project involved a study of the significance of xyloglucan tether during cell elongation in vivo and in vitro.
Research Funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science