The inositol oxygenase gene family of Arabidopsis is involved in the biosynthesis of nucleotide sugar precursors for cell-wall matrix polysaccharides

Planta

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-254

  Kanter, Ulrike ^a   Usadel, Björn ^b   Guerineau, François ^c   Li, Yong ^d   Pauly, Markus ^b   Tenhaken, Raimund ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Hemicellulose; Inositol oxygenation pathway; Nucleotide sugars; UDP glucuronic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES; SEED; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TISSUE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ISOFORMS; MYO-INOSITOL OXYGENASE (MIOX); UDP-GLUCURONIC ACID (UDP-GLCA);

ENZYMES;

INOSITOL OXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INOSITOL OXYGENASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEEDLING; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANT TISSUES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGAR;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 18644381680     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1441-0     Document Type: Article

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