Molecular genetics of nucleotide sugar interconversion pathways in plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 95-113

  Reiter, Wolf Dieter ^a   Vanzin, Gary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cell wall; Genomics; Monosaccharide; Mutant

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOCONVERSION; CELL WALL; DATA BASE; ENZYMIC CONVERSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SUGAR; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; METABOLISM; MUTAGENS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CELL WALLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOXY-LYASES; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDES; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034863672     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010671129803     Document Type: Review

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