A comprehensive view on organ-specific callose synthesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): glucan synthase-like gene expression, callose synthase activity, callose quantification and deposition

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 242-247

  Voigt, C A ^a   Schafer W ^a   Salomon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Callose; Callose synthase; Histochemistry; Quantitative real time PCR; UDP glucose

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 1,3-BETA-GLUCAN SYNTHASE; CALLOSE; GLUCAN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; WHEAT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; TRITICUM;

EID: 33745280988     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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