Molecular cloning of two exo-β-glucanases and their in vivo substrates in the cell walls of lily pollen tubes

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 436-444

  Takeda, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Takuo ^a   Liu, Xi Zhen ^b   Nakagawa, Naoki ^a   Li, Yi Qin ^b   Sakurai, Naoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1,3:1,4 glucan; Cell wall; Exo glucanase; Lichenase; Lily (Lilium longiflorum); Pollen tube elongation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCAN 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN 1,4 BETA GLUCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LILY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN 1,4-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; LILIUM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM;

EID: 2342544766     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch049     Document Type: Article

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