Top five unanswered questions in plant cell surface research

Abstract

Plant cell wall researchers were asked their view on what the major unanswered questions are in their field. This article summarises the feedback that was received from them in five questions. In this issue you can find equivalent syntheses for researchers working on bacterial, unicellular parasite and fungal systems.

Keywords: Cell expansion; Cell wall architecture; Immunity; Plant cell wall; Polymer structure-function; Polymer synthesis; Signaling.