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Plant Cell Monogr (5) J.-P. Verbelen · K. Vissenberg: The Expanding Cell DOI 10.1007/7089_2006_070/Published online: 27 October 2006 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006 Cellulose and Cell Elongation Kian Hématy · Herman Höfte () Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA centre de Versailles, Route de St Cyr (RD 10), 780026 Versailles cedex, France herman.hofte@versailles.inra.fr Abstract The cell wall (CW) is a strong but dynamic exoskeleton, which determines the wide variety of cell shapes (for review see Martin et al. 2001) and provides a mechanic