Nucleotide sugar interconversions and cell wall biosynthesis: How to bring the inside to the outside

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Seifert, Georg J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AUD; AXS; CCRC M1; complex carbohydrate research center monoclonal antibody1; GAE; GDP; GER; guanosine 5 diphosphate; membrane anchored UDP D glucuronic acid decarboxylase gene; UDP D apiose UDP D xylose synthase; UDP D glucuronic acid 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOENZYME; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLYCOSYLATION; ISOENZYMES; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS;

EID: 2442434678     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.03.004     Document Type: Review

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