Site-specific counterion binding and pectic chains conformational transitions in the Nitella cell wall

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 322, 1998, Pages 797-805

  Gillet, C ^a   Voue M ^b   Cambier, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformational transition; Counterion binding; Nitella flexilis; Plant cell wall; Polygalacturonate

Indexed keywords

NITELLA;

EID: 0031970417     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/49.322.797     Document Type: Article

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