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Cells of higher and lower plants are surrounded by a rigid cell wall, which is composed of elaborately intermeshed macromolecules. Growth, release and reproduction require a modification of this closely-knitted mesh-work.
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Waffenschmidt, S., Jaenicke, L. (1990). Autolysins in Chlamydomonas . In: Wiessner, W., Robinson, D.G., Starr, R.C. (eds) Cell Walls and Surfaces, Reproduction, Photosynthesis. Experimental Phycology, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48652-4_5
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