Cellulose Close up View (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Cellulose Close up View

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Artistic rendering of cellulose biosynthesis with zoomed in view. Individual cellulose chains (dark brown) are synthesized by plasma membrane-bound (purple) cellulose synthase enzyme complexes (cream) and associate into elementary fibrils (light brown) that further assemble into a microfibril network, 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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