Constitutive expression of a fungal glucuronoyl esterase in Arabidopsis reveals altered cell wall composition and structure

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1077-1087

  Tsai, Alex Y L ^a   Canam, Thomas ^b   Gorzsás, András ^c   Mellerowicz, Ewa J ^d   Campbell, Malcolm M ^a   Master, Emma R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glucuronoxylan; Glucuronoyl esterase; Lignin carbohydrate complex; Lignocellulose; Plant cell wall; Transgenic Arabidopsis

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; XYLAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHANEROCHAETE; PICHIA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; ESTERASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PHANEROCHAETE; PICHIA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XYLANS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CARNOSA;

EID: 84868541084     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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