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Structure of cellulose-deficient secondary cell walls from the irx3 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Phytochemistry - 1 Sept 2002
Ha Marie-Ann, MacKinnon Iain M, Sturcová Adriana, Apperley David C, McCann Maureen C, Turner Simon R, Jarvis Michael C
Abstract excerpt
In the Arabidopsis mutant irx3, truncation of the AtCesA7 gene encoding a xylem-specific cellulose synthase results in reduced cellulose synthesis in the affected xylem cells and collapse of mature xylem vessels. Here we describe spectroscopic experiments to determine whether any cellulose, normal or abnormal, remained in the walls of these cells and whether there were consequent effects on other cell-wall...
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