Identification of Putative Rhamnogalacturonan-II Specific Glycosyltransferases in Arabidopsis Using a Combination of Bioinformatics Approaches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Voxeur, Aline ^a   André, Aurélie ^a   Breton, Christelle ^b   Lerouge, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN II; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RICE; SEQUENCE DATABASE; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, PLANT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORYZA SATIVA; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84871292863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051129     Document Type: Article

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