Fig. 1

Atomic force micrograph of primary and secondary cell wall structure from maize. Left, cellulose microfibrils form varying sizes of bundles in PW. Right, cellulose microfibrils are heavily coated by matrix polymers in the S2 layer of SW. The image was taken from the cutting face of a vascular fiber cell from maize (reprinted from [10] with permission). Scale bar = 100 nm, color bar = 30 nm