Biosynthesis of pectin

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-295

  Scheller, Henrik Vibe ^a   Jensen, Jacob Krüger ^a   Sørensen, Susanne Oxenbøll ^a   Harholt, Jesper ^a   Geshi, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ARABINOSYLTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL EVIDENCES; MUTANTS; PECTIN;

CARBOHYDRATES;

EID: 33846112015     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00834.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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