Deficient sucrose synthase activity in developing wood does not specifically affect cellulose biosynthesis, but causes an overall decrease in cell wall polymers

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1220-1230

  Gerber, Lorenz ^a   Zhang, Bo ^b   Roach, Melissa ^a   Rende, Umut ^a   Gorzsás, András ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Burgert, Ingo ^b,c,d   Niittylä, Totte ^a   Sundberg, Björn ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspen; Cell wall; Cellulose; Populus; Sucrose synthase (SUS); Wood

Indexed keywords

POPULUS;

CELLULOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CROSS BREEDING; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POPULUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOLUBILITY; WOOD;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; POPULUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOLUBILITY; TRANSCRIPTOME; WOOD;

EID: 84905102376     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12888     Document Type: Article

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