Arabidopsis thaliana IRX10 and two related proteins from psyllium and Physcomitrella patens are xylan xylosyltransferases

Plant Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-215

  Jensen, Jacob Krüger ^a   Johnson, Nathan Robert ^a   Wilkerson, Curtis Gene ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; IRX10; Physcomitrella patens; Pichia pastoris; Plantago ovata; Psyllium; Xylan synthase; Xylosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; IRX10; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PICHIA PASTORIS; PLANTAGO; PSYLLIUM; SYNTHASES; XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISPAGULA; UDP XYLOSE-PROTEIN XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRYOPSIDA; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BRYOPSIDA; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PSYLLIUM;

EID: 84908105250     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12641     Document Type: Article

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