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Label-free in situ Imaging of Lignification in Plant Cell Walls
Published on: November 1, 2010
A Comparative Study of Enzymatically and Photochemically Polymerized Artificial Lignin Supramolecular Structures
1Center for Supramolecular Science and Center for Advanced Microscopy, Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, Florida, 33124-0431
Abstract:
Environmental scanning electron microscopy images of the self-assembled structures of enzymatically (DHP) and photochemically polymerized (PCP) artificial lignin are herein presented. Differences in the structural organization between DHP and PCP polymer at the supramolecular level were reported. Based on topological information, we proposed a hypothesis about possible new physiological roles of lignin in live plant cells and the ecological significance of possible in-vivo photochemical lignin polymerization. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
