Isolation and characterization of galactinol synthases from hybrid poplar

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2059-2069

  Unda, Faride ^a   Canam, Thomas ^b   Preston, Lindsay ^a   Mansfield, Shawn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abiotic stress; biotic stress; galactinol synthase; GolS; hybrid poplar; raffinose family of oligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL 1 ALPHA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL 1-ALPHA-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RAFFINOSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLOEM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PICHIA; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TREE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHLOEM; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; POPULUS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RAFFINOSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES;

POPULUS;

EID: 84858024069     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err411     Document Type: Article

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