ABCG transporters are required for suberin and pollen wall extracellular barriers in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3569-3588

  Yadav, Vandana ^a   Molina, Isabel ^b   Ranathunge, Kosala ^c   Castillo, Indira Queralta ^b   Rothstein, Steven J ^c   Reed, Jason W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; SUBERIN; WAX;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL WALL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; POLLEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; WAXES;

EID: 84908235104     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.129049     Document Type: Article

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