Extracellular Sugar-Based Biopolymers Matrices

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cohen, Ephraim (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Merzendorfer, Hans (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Biologically-Inspired Systems, 12
• Subjects: Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Cell physiology.; Entomology.; Animal Biochemistry.; Plant Biochemistry.; Cell Physiology.

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an acellular three-dimensional network composed of proteins, glycoproteins, proteoglycans and exopolysaccharides. It primarily serves as a structural component in the tissues and organs of plants and animals, or forms biofilms in which bacterial cells are embedded....