Cellulose Wide View (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Cellulose Wide View

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Artistic rendering of cellulose regenerating on a plant protoplast cell surface with zoomed out view. Cellulose is synthesized by plasma membrane-bound enzyme complexes (green) and assembles into a microfibril network (brown), forming the main scaffold for the cell wall. 

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Ehsan Faridi/ Inmywork Studio/ Chundawat, Lee and Lam Labs

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