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Review
. 2021 Jun 25;11(7):471.
doi: 10.3390/membranes11070471.

Advances about the Roles of Membranes in Cotton Fiber Development

Fan Xu  1 , Qian Chen  2 , Li Huang  1 , Ming Luo  1
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Review

Advances about the Roles of Membranes in Cotton Fiber Development

Fan Xu et al. Membranes (Basel). .

Abstract

Cotton fiber is an extremely elongated single cell derived from the ovule epidermis and is an ideal model for studying cell development. The plasma membrane is tremendously expanded and accompanied by the coordination of various physiological and biochemical activities on the membrane, one of the three major systems of a eukaryotic cell. This review compiles the recent progress and advances for the roles of the membrane in cotton fiber development: the functions of membrane lipids, especially the fatty acids, sphingolipids, and phytosterols; membrane channels, including aquaporins, the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, vacuolar invertase, and plasmodesmata; and the regulation mechanism of membrane proteins, such as membrane binding enzymes, annexins, and receptor-like kinases.

Keywords: cotton; fiber cells; membrane.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; the writing of the manuscript; or the decision to publish the results.

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