Xyloglucan endotransglycosylases have a function during the formation of secondary cell walls of vascular tissues

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3073-3088

  Bourquin, Veronica ^a   Nishikubo, Nobuyuki ^a   Abe, Hisashi ^a,c   Brumer, Harry ^b   Denman, Stuart ^b   Eklund, Marlin ^b   Christiernin, Maria ^b   Teeri, Tunla T ^b   Sundberg, Björn ^a   Mellerowicz, Ewa J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; FIBERS; IMMUNOLOGY; TISSUE;

XYLOGLUCAN TRANSGLYCOSYLASES;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0036914894     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.007773     Document Type: Article

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