From the sap's perspective: The nature of vessel surfaces in angiosperm xylem.

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Summary

Vessel surfaces appear to be wettable because lignin is not strongly hydrophobic and a coating with amphiphilic lipids would render any surface hydrophilic.

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Published
2018-02-01
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Keywords

Xylem, Lignin, Middle lamella, Biophysics, Membrane

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