Question 52

(Multiple Choice)

Cellulose is deposited onto the plant cell wall in highly ordered crystalline aggregates by the cellulose synthase complex embedded in the plasma membrane. Would you expect cell wall deposition to continue following treatment of plant cells with a drug that depolymerizes microtubules? Would you expect these cells to be able to switch the orientation of the microfibril pattern between successive lamellae?


A) Yes; yes
B) Yes; no
C) No; yes
D) No; no

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