The seeds of Lotus japonicus lines transformed with sense, antisense, and sense/antisense galactomannan galactosyltransferase constructs have structurally altered galactomannans in their endosperm cell walls

Plant Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1153-1162

  Edwards, Mary E ^b   Choo, Tze Siang ^b   Dickson, Cathryn A ^b   Scott, Catherine ^b   Gidley, Michael J ^a   Reid, J S Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEED;

CELL WALLS; TRANSGENE INHERITANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; LOTUS JAPONICUS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 1642424344     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.029967     Document Type: Article

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