Cellulose biosynthesis: Current views and evolving concepts

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-21

  Saxena, Inder M ^a   Brown Jr , R Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetobacter xylinum; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cellulose; Cellulose synthase; Cellulose synthase like; Cotton; Crystallization; Glycosyltransferases; Plant cell wall; Polymerization; Terminal complex

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FIBER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROFIBRILS; PLANTS;

EID: 23644448098     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci155     Document Type: Review

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