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cell wall
(redirected from Plant cell walls)

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cell wall [¦sel ¦wȯl]
(cell and molecular biology)
A semirigid, permeable structure that is composed of cellulose, lignin, or other substances and that envelops most plant cells.


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Enzymes degrade plant cell walls and starch, which provide additional sugars for fermentation to lactic acid.
The flat, hollow stem and characteristics of the plant cell walls may make straw more conducive to mat formation in the rumen, and to remain in the rumen longer," he says.
Plant cell walls survive digestion in better shape than animal cells do, she says.
 
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