Comparison of five xylan synthesis mutants reveals new insight into the mechanisms of xylan synthesis

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1154-1168

  Brown, David M ^a   Goubet, Florence ^b,d   Wong, Vicky W ^b,e   Goodacre, Royston ^a   Stephens, Elaine ^c   Dupree, Paul ^b   Turner, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Biochemistry Department   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Bayer sa nv Belgium   (Belgium)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucuronic acid; Glycosyltransferase; irregular xylem (irx) mutant; Secondary cell wall; Xylan

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; TISSUE; XYLOSE;

GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IRREGULAR XYLEM MUTANTS; PHENOTYPES; SECONDARY CELL WALL; XYLAN SYNTHESIS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; XYLAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; XYLANS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 36849040007     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03307.x     Document Type: Article

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