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By quantitative analysis of cellulose microfibril orientation at different levels in the primary cell wall of a number of cell types, the development of wall texture was studied. Meristematic, isodiametric and cylindrical parenchyma cells and cells of a suspension culture were used. Within the newly deposited microfibril population, various orientations were recognized on the micrographs. Within subpopulations the orientation of undercrossing and overcrossing microfibrils were measured. These measurements showed a gradual shift in cellulose microfibril orientation in the different levels. Microfibrils showed predominant orientations at particular levels but microfibrils of intermediate orientation also occurred, although at a much lower density. As cellulose microfibrils of intermediate orientation were not closely packed, lamellae were not formed. Interwoven microfibrils were occasionally present, indicating that differently orientated microfibrils are occasionally deposited simultaneously. Also gradual changes in orientation over the entire inner cell wall surface were observed. From these observations it was inferred that microfibril deposition occurs with a small but regular and progressive change in orientation, the rotational motion, related to that of a helicoidal system.
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Dedicated to Professor Dr. M. M. A. Sassen on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Wolters-Arts, A.M.C., van Amstel, T. & Derksen, J. Tracing cellulose microfibril orientation in inner primary cell walls. Protoplasma 175, 102–111 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01385007
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