The Cell Wall Biology for Majors I

Definition, Cell Wall Function, Cell Wall Layers cell wall Cell walls are the signature features of plant cells They are made of cellulose, cross-linking glycans, and pectic substances and may cellular respiration The plant cell wall is an elaborate extracellular matrix that encloses each cell in a plant It was the thick cell walls of cork, visible in a primitive

cell wall Plant cell walls have both elastic — or reversible-stretching — and plastic — or irreversible-stretching — properties that allow the walls to be