Restricted cell elongation in Arabidopsis hypocotyls is associated with a reduced average pectin esterification level

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Derbyshire, Paul ^a   McCann, Maureen C ^b   Roberts, Keith ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS;

CARBOXYLESTERASE; PECTIN; PECTINESTERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESTERIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PLANT GROWTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELL DIVISION; ESTERIFICATION; HYPOCOTYL; PECTINS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 34447502438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-7-31     Document Type: Article

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