UDP-glucose 4-epimerase isoforms UGE2 and UGE4 cooperate in providing UDP-galactose for cell wall biosynthesis and growth of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1565-1579

  Rösti, Johannes ^a,d   Barton, Christopher J ^b   Albrecht, Sandra ^b   Dupree, Paul ^b   Pauly, Markus ^c,e   Findlay, Kim ^a   Roberts, Keith ^a   Seifert, Georg J ^a,f  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Technical Center   (France)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE;

CARBOHYDRATE BIOSYNTHESIS; GENOME-WIDE REVERSE GENETIC STUDY; GROWTH DEFECTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34347405057     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.049619     Document Type: Article

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