The poplar glycosyltransferase GT47C is functionally conserved with Arabidopsis Fragile Fiber8

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1229-1240

  Zhou, Gong Ke ^a   Zhong, Ruiqin ^a   Richardson, Elizabeth A ^a   Morrison III, W Herbert ^b   Nairn, C Joseph ^a   Wood Jones, Alicia ^a   Ye, Zheng Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Glycosyltransferase; Poplar; Secondary wall synthesis; Xylan

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FRA8 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; XYLAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WOOD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GOLGI APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WOOD; XYLANS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; POPULUS ALBA X POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 84878947803     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcj093     Document Type: Article

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