The thanatos mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana cellulose synthase 3 (AtCesA3) has a dominant-negative effect on cellulose synthesis and plant growth

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-126

  Daras, Gerasimos ^a   Rigas, Stamatis ^a   Penning, Bryan ^b   Milioni, Dimitra ^a   McCann, Maureen C ^b   Carpita, Nicholas C ^c   Fasseas, Constantinos ^a   Hatzopoulos, Polydefkis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cellulose biosynthesis; Cellulose synthases; Plant growth; Primary cell wall; Semi dominant mutation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CESA3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

CELLULOSE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERB; MUTATION;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DOMINANT GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEEDLING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELLULOSE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, DOMINANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEEDLING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 69949094299     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02960.x     Document Type: Article

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