A β-(1→4)-xylosyltransferase involved in the synthesis of arabinoxylans in developing barley endosperms

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-180

  Urahara, Takeshi ^a   Tsuchiya, Kouji ^a   Kotake, Toshihisa ^a   Tohno Oka, Takuji ^b   Komae, Kozo ^b   Kawada, Naoyuki ^c   Tsumuraya, Yoichi ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BARLEY ENDOSPERMS; FLOWERING;

ENZYMES;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 6444229291     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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