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For the plant cell, the cell wall is a frontier zone, where the cell encounters the challenge of the outside world. For the plant biologist, the cell wall is a research frontier, at which the old concept of a dead, structureless box has given way to a new picture of a highly complex structure performing a great diversity of functions in the life of the plant.
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Brett, C.T. 1983. Cell walls do not a prison make. New Sci. 99, 693–5.
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Brett, C., Waldron, K. (1990). The role of the cell wall in the life of the plant. In: Physiology and Biochemistry of Plant Cell Walls. Topics in Plant Physiology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9641-6_1
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