Biosynthesis of Plant Cell Wall and Related Polysaccharides by Enzymes of the GT2 and GT48 Families

Annual Plant Reviews, Plant Polysaccharides: Biosynthesis and Bioengineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2010, Pages 109-165

  Stone, Bruce A ^a   Jacobs, Andrew K ^b   Hrmova, Maria ^b   Burton, Rachel A ^b   Fincher, Geoffrey B ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

(1,3) D glucan; (1,3; 1,4) D glucan; biochemistry; cellulose; functional genomics; molecular biology; structural biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE GENES; D-GLUCAN; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84885569237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444391015.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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