Chain elongation of pectic β-(1→4)-galactan by a partially purified galactosyltransferase from soybean (Glycine max Merr.) hypocotyls

Planta

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 571-579

  Konishi, Tomoyuki ^a   Kotake, Toshihisa ^a   Tsumuraya, Yoichi ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Galactan; Galactosyltransferase; Glycine; Pectin

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; GALACTAN; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; PECTIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; PLANT GROWTH; SOYBEAN; TIME;

BIOPOLYMERS; GALACTANS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYPOCOTYL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSOMES; PECTINS; SOYBEANS; TIME FACTORS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 34447123180     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0505-3     Document Type: Article

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