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The middle lamella—more than a glue

2017· review· en· 136 citations· W2583997172 on OpenAlex· 10.1088/1478-3975/aa5ba5

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Full frame distilled prediction

Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

Candidate categories
none
Consensus categories
none
Domain
Candidate signal: noneConsensus signal: none
Study design
Candidate signal: Not applicableConsensus signal: none
Genre
Candidate signal: ReviewConsensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score
0.997
Threshold uncertainty score
0.787
Validation status
machine_predicted_unvalidated · codex-gemma-dda1882f352a

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.001

Machine scores (provisional)

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Opus teacher head0.177
GPT teacher head0.343
Teacher spread
0.167 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation status
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Abstract

In plant tissues, cells are glued to each other by a pectic polysaccharide rich material known as middle lamella (ML). Along with many biological functions, the ML plays a crucial role in maintaining the structural integrity of plant tissues and organs, as it prevents the cells from separating or sliding against each other. The macromolecular organization and the material properties of the ML are different from those of the adjacent primary cell walls that envelop all plant cells and provide them with a stiff casing. Due to its nanoscale dimensions and the extreme challenge to access the structure for material characterization, the ML is poorly characterized in terms of its distinct material properties. This review explores the ML beyond its functionality as a gluing agent. The putative molecular interactions of constituent macromolecules within the ML and at the interface between ML and primary cell wall are discussed. The correlation between the spatiotemporal distribution of pectic polysaccharides in the different portions of the ML and the subcellular distribution of mechanical stresses within the plant tissue are analyzed.

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The record

Venue
Physical Biology
Topic
Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
Field
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Canadian institutions
McGill University
Funders
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Keywords
Middle lamellaLamella (surface anatomy)Cell wallMacromoleculePolysaccharidePlant cellBiophysicsStructural integrityCell structureCasingCharacterization (materials science)Nanoscopic scaleChemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyBiological systemBiologyComposite materialBiochemistryPhysicsStructural engineeringEngineering
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yes