Various pectin methyltransferase activities with affinity for low and highly methylated pectins

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-267

  Bourlard, Thierry ^a   Schaumann Gaudinet, Annick ^a   Bruyant Vannier, Marie Pierre ^a   Morvan, Claudine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cell wall; Flax; Golgi apparatus; Methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1); Pectin

Indexed keywords

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030917432     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029161     Document Type: Article

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