The pore size of non-graminaceous plant cell walls is rapidly decreased by borate ester cross-linking of the pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan II

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 829-838

  Fleischer, Axel ^a   O'Neill, Malcolm A ^b   Ehwald, Rudolf ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN II;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032754804     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.3.829     Document Type: Article

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