AtBXL1, a novel higher plant (Arabidopsis thaliana) putative beta-xylosidase gene, is involved in secondary cell wall metabolism and plant development

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 677-690

  Goujon, Thomas ^a   Minic, Zoran ^a   El Amrani, Abdelhak ^a,e   Lerouxel, Olivier ^b   Aletti, Estelle ^a   Lapierre, Catherine ^c   Joseleau, Jean Paul ^d   Jouanin, Lise ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidospis; Beta xylosidase; Hemicelluloses; Plant development; Secondary cell wall

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

CELL WALLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XYLOSIDASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037297226     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01654.x     Document Type: Article

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