Characterization of IRX10 and IRX10-like reveals an essential role in glucuronoxylan biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 732-746

  Brown, David M ^a   Zhang, Zhinong ^b   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)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferase; Irregular xylem (irx) mutant; IRX10; NpGUT1; Secondary cell wall; Xylan

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCURONOXYLAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; T DNA; T-DNA; UDP XYLOSE PROTEIN XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE; UDP XYLOSE-PROTEIN XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE; XYLAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; XYLANS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 59149100500     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03729.x     Document Type: Article

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