CONTENTS 



Preface ix 



Introduction: Walls and Cells xiii 



Chapter 1. Constitution and Architecture in the Cell Wall 



I. Analytic Principles and Procedures 1 



II. Results of Analysis 11 



III. The Wall as a Unit 34 



Chapter 2. Cell Wall Dynamics 



I. Biosynthesis, Growth and Regulation 41 



II. The Lysis of Cell Walls 56 



III. Surface Processes in Lignin Polymer Formations 60 



Chapter 3. Comparative Chemistry of Intercellular Substances 

 and Walls 



I. Phylogenetic Aspects of Lignins and Lignin Synthesis . . 67 



II. Non-Vascular Plants, Protista and Metazoa 76 



Chapter 4. Properties and Uses of Cell Walls and their Deriva- 

 tives 



I. Woods, Fibers and Plastics 91 



II. Coal and its Origins 102 



Readings and References 109 



Index of Organisms 117 



General Subject Index 119 



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