Understanding polysaccharide production and properties using seed coat mutants: Future perspectives for the exploitation of natural variants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1251-1263

  North, Helen M ^a   Berger, Adeline ^a   Saez Aguayo, Susana ^a   Ralet, Marie Christine ^b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

Author keywords

arabidopsis; cell wall; mucilage; natural variation; polysaccharides; Seed coat

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEMBRANE; MUCILAGE; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MUCILAGE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUCILAGE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT MUCILAGE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEEDS;

EID: 84903557276     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu011     Document Type: Review

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