Hardwood trees are able to reorient their axes owing to tension wood differentiation. Tension wood is characterised by important ultrastructural modifications, such as the occurrence in a number of species, of an extra secondary wall layer, named gelatinous layer or G-layer, mainly constituted of cellulose microfibrils oriented nearly parallel to the fibre axis. This G-layer appears directly involved in the definition of tension wood mechanical properties. This review gathers the data available in the literature about lignification during tension wood formation. Potential roles for lignin in tension wood formation are inferred from biochemical, anatomical and mechanical studies, from the hypotheses proposed to describe tension wood function and from data coming from new research areas such as functional genomics.

Gilles Pilate

Brigitte Chabbert

Bernard Cathala

Arata Yoshinaga

Jean-Charles Leplé

Françoise Laurans

Catherine Lapierre

Katia Ruel

Comptes Rendus Biologies

COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES 每月发布涉及所有生物和医学研究领域（生物建模、发育和繁殖生物学、细胞生物学、生物化学、神经科学、免疫学、药理学、生态学等）的通讯。文章最好用英文写成。接受带有英文摘要的法语文章。

Comptes Rendus - Biologies is a monthly journal that publishes communications covering all fields of biological and medical research, including biomodeling, developmental and reproductive biology, cell biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, immunology, pharmacology, and ecology. Articles are preferably written in English, and French articles with English abstracts are also accepted.

《Comptes Rendus - Biologies》是一本每月出版的期刊，涵盖所有生物和医学研究领域，包括生物建模、发育与繁殖生物学、细胞生物学、生物化学、神经科学、免疫学、药理学和生态学等。期刊欢迎用英文撰写的文章，也接受附有英文摘要的法语文章。

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Lignification and tension wood

This review gathers the data available in the literature about lignification during tension wood formation from biochemical, anatomical and mechanical studies, from the hypotheses proposed to describe tension wood function and from data coming from new research areas such as functional genomics.

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Lignification and tension wood

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