Sporopollenin is a biological polymer found as a major component of the tough outer (exine) walls of plant spores and pollen grains. It is chemically...
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Phenylpropanoid (section Sporopollenin)
Phenylpropanoids and other phenolics are part of the chemical composition of sporopollenin. It is related to cutin and suberin. This ill-defined substance found...
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entirely of conchiolin. Chitin Corneous Mollusc shell Periostracum Sporopollenin Tectin STRUCTURE OF THE CONCHIOLIN CASES OF THE PRISMS IN MYTILUS EDULIS...
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and 2,300 species. Many Aroideae have spiny pollen grains without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and lacking an aperture. It includes: Aglaodorum Schott...
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male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametophytes during the process of their movement...
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structural support for a plant and is a major constituent of wood. Sporopollenin is a chemically resistant polymer found in the outer cell walls of spores...
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Ubisch bodies, con-peito grains) are small acellular structures of sporopollenin that might occur on the inner tangential and radial walls of tapetal...
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the ripe mitospores. The walls of these spores contain sporopollenin in some species. Sporopollenin is formed out of β-carotene and is very resistant to...
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to use as feedstock for manufacturing processes. Chitobiose Lorica Sporopollenin Tectin Nelson, D.L., Cox, M.M. (2017). Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry...
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funoran. Other compounds that may accumulate in algal cell walls include sporopollenin and calcium ions. The group of algae known as the diatoms synthesize...
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