Towards the mechanism of cellulose synthesis

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 461-467

  Williamson, Richard E ^a   Burn, Joanne E ^a   Hocart, Charles H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

4 NITROPHENYL ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; 4-NITROPHENYL-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSIDASE I; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KOR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MANNOSE 1 PHOSPHATE GUANYLYLTRANSFERASE (GDP); MANNOSE-1-PHOSPHATE GUANYLYLTRANSFERASE (GDP); MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PRC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; REVIEW;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0036777913     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02335-X     Document Type: Review

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