Three loblolly pine CesA genes expressed in developing xylem are orthologous to secondary cell wall CesA genes of angiosperms

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 907-915

  Nairn, C Joseph ^a   Haselkorn, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose synthase; CesA; Gene expression; Loblolly pine; Phylogenetics; Pinus taeda; Secondary cell wall; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ENZYME;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL WALL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PINUS;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS TAEDA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 19444375653     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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