Importance of two consecutive methionines at the N-terminus of a cellulose synthase (PtdCesA8A) for normal wood cellulose synthesis in aspen

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1403-1412

  Liu, Yunxia ^a   Xu, Fuyu ^a   Gou, Jiqing ^a   Al Haddad, Jameel ^b   Telewski, Frank W ^b   Bae, Hyeun Jong ^c   Joshi, Chandrashekhar P ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aspen trees; cellulose synthesis; cesAs; PtdCesA8; wood development

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIGNIN; METHIONINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELLULOSE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOOD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIGNIN; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; POPULUS;

EID: 84869154720     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps096     Document Type: Article

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