Penn State insights into how cellulose is built could indicate how to break it apart for biofuels

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By mmillikinApr 2, 2018, 6:00 am260 pts
Cellulose—the primary building block of the walls of most plant cells—is synthesized at the plasma membrane by cellulose synthase complexes (CSCs). The ability to deliver CSCs to discrete sites at the cell surface is critical for cellulose synthesis. Now,researchers at Penn State have identified the major…

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