Brittle Culm1, a COBRA-Like Protein, Functions in Cellulose Assembly through Binding Cellulose Microfibrils

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Lifeng ^a,c   Shang Guan, Keke ^a   Zhang, Baocai ^a   Liu, Xiangling ^a   Yan, Meixian ^b   Zhang, Lanjun ^a   Shi, Yanyun ^a   Zhang, Mu ^a   Qian, Qian ^b   Li, Jiayang ^a   Zhou, Yihua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BRITTLE CULM1 PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBER; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROFIBRILS; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84884622435     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003704     Document Type: Article

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