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Fucosylated arabinogalactan-proteins are required for full root cell elongation in arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Oct 2002
van Hengel Arjon J, Roberts Keith
Abstract excerpt
The Arabidopsis thaliana mutant mur1 is affected in the biosynthesis of l-fucose and has less than 2% of the normal amounts of this sugar in the cell walls of its aerial parts. Although in roots the reduction of l-fucose is only 40%, this causes a decrease of about 50% in root cell elongation. Si...
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