CHITINASE-LIKE1/POM-POM1 and its homolog CTL2 are glucan-interacting proteins important for cellulose biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 589-607

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Clara ^a   Bauer, Stefan ^b   Hématy, Kian ^b,h   Saxe, Friederike ^c   Ibáñez, Ana Belén ^b   Vodermaier, Vera ^d   Konlechner, Cornelia ^d   Sampathkumar, Arun ^a   Rüggeberg, Markus ^c,e,f   Aichinger, Ernst ^d   Neumetzler, Lutz ^a   Burgert, Ingo ^c,e,f   Somerville, Chris ^b,g   Hauser, Marie Theres ^d   Persson, Staffan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

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EID: 84859081037     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.094672     Document Type: Article

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