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Pectin Methylesterase, a Regulator of Pollen Tube Growth1[w] Maurice Bosch*, Alice Y. Cheung, and Peter K. Hepler Biology Department (M.B., P.K.H.), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (A.Y.C.), and Plant Biology Graduate Program (A.Y.C., P.K.H.), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 The apical wall of growing pollen tubes must be strong enough to withstand the internal turgor pressure, but plastic enough to allow the incorporation of new membrane and cell wall material to support polarized tip growth. These essential rheol