Identification of cellulose synthase(s) in higher plants: Sequence analysis of processive -glycosyltransferases with the common motif 'D, D, D35Q(R,Q)XRW'

Cellulose

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-49

  Saxena, Inder M ^a   Brown Jr , R Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferases; Acetobacter xylinum; Cellulose synthase; Higher plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001488764     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018411101036     Document Type: Article

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