Gene expression patterns and catalytic properties of UDP-D-glucose 4-epimerases from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Zhang, Qisen ^a   Hrmova, Maria ^a   Shirley, Neil J ^a   Lahnstein, Jelle ^a   Fincher, Geoffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barley; Gene expression; Nucleotide sugar; Plant cell wall; UDP D glucose 4 epimerase (UGE); UDP GlcNAc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CATALYSIS; GLUCOSE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUGARS;

BARLEY; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SUGAR; PLANT CELL WALL; UDP-D-GLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE (UGE); UDP-GLCNAC;

ENZYMES;

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 32944477384     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051329     Document Type: Article

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