In vitro biosynthesis of 1,4-β-galactan attached to rhamnogalacturonan I

Planta

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 622-629

  Geshi, Naomi ^a   Jergensen, Bodil ^a   Scheller, Henrik V ^b   Ulvskov, Peter ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Galactan; Galactosyltransferase; Pectin; Rhamnogalacturonan I; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

1,4 BETA GALACTAN; 1,4 BETA GALACTANASE; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GALACTOBIOSE; GALACTOSE; MICROSOME; RADIOACTIVITY; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN I; RHAMNOGALACTURONASE A; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034069564     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050052     Document Type: Article

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