Loss of arabidopsis GAUT12/IRX8 causes anther indehiscence and leads to reduced G lignin associated with altered matrix polysaccharide deposition

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Hao, Zhangying ^a,b   Avci, Utku ^a,b   Tan, Li ^a,b   Zhu, Xiang ^a   Glushka, John ^a   Pattathil, Sivakumar ^a,b   Eberhard, Stefan ^a   Sholes, Tipton ^a   Rothstein, Grace E ^a,c   Lukowitz, Wolfgang ^a   Orlando, Ron ^a   Hahn, Michael G ^a,b   Mohnen, Debra ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anther dehiscence; Lignin; Pectin; Secondary cell walls; Wall glycan epitopes; Xylan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979788854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00357     Document Type: Article

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