Boron and calcium, essential inorganic constituents of pectic polysaccharides in higher plant cell walls

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-190

  Matoh, Toru ^a   Kobayashi, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron; Calcium; Cell wall; Pectic polysaccharide; Rhamnogalacturonan II

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0032219549     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02507164     Document Type: Article

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