The phrase "alter cell wall" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in scientific or biological contexts when discussing changes or modifications to the structure of a cell wall, often in relation to plants, bacteria, or fungi.
Example: "Researchers are exploring ways to alter cell wall composition to improve crop resistance to diseases."
Alternatives: "modify cell wall" or "change cell wall".
Penicillin susceptibility test indicated that the cross-linking activity of MTG might alter cell wall architecture and then improve the cellular resistance to oxidative stress.
In the presence of vancomycin, MRSA may also be able to rapidly effect genetic mutations that alter cell wall composition and thereby allow the bacteria to actively evade the antibiotic.
A common feature among the transcript profiling studies of sap sucking insects has been the identification of genes encoding proteins that alter cell wall structure.
It has been suggested that these cell surface proteins function as stress sensors to activate Rom2 in response to stresses that alter cell wall integrity [13] [15].
In the second experiment, substituting one-third of a normal monolignol (coniferyl alcohol) with various monoferuloyl esters did not alter cell wall hydrolysis and fermentation (Table 2).
This has allowed tree improvement researchers to conduct functional screening of large numbers of transgenic trees a year in order to identify genetic approaches that alter cell wall composition and/or biopolymer structure, some leading to plants with lower recalcitrance.
Overexpression of novel genes or knockdown of the expression of key endogenous genes can alter cell walls to dramatically improve fuel yield of switchgrass.
Narbonin has been previously suggested as interfering with parasite growth in the root by altering cell wall extensibility [ 19].
The brown midrib (bm) mutants of maize (Zea mays L ., which have altered cell wall composition, have different flowering dynamics compared to their wild-type counterparts.
