Biological significance of complex N-glycans in plants and their impact on plant physiology

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Strasser, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endoplasmic reticulum; Glycoprotein; Golgi apparatus; N acetylglucosaminyltransferase; N glycosylation; Protein glycosylation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979737573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00363     Document Type: Review

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