Evolution and diversity of plant cell walls: From algae to flowering plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2011, Pages 567-590

  Popper, Zoë A ^a   Michel, Gurvan ^b,c   Hervé, Cécile ^b,c   Domozych, David S ^d   Willats, William G T ^e   Tuohy, Maria G ^a   Kloareg, Bernard ^b,c   Stengel, Dagmar B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

arabinogalactan proteins; environment; genome; mannan; multicellularity; xyloglucan

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL WALL; EVOLUTION; GREEN ALGA; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RED ALGA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL WALL; CHLOROPHYTA; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PHAEOPHYTA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RHODOPHYTA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 79955571582     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042110-103809     Document Type: Article

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