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The irregular xylem 2 mutant is an allele of korrigan that affects the secondary cell wall of Arabidopsis thaliana.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2004
Szyjanowicz Pio M J, McKinnon Iain, Taylor Neil G, Gardiner John, Jarvis Mike C, Turner Simon R
Abstract excerpt
The irregular xylem 2 (irx2) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana exhibits a cellulose deficiency in the secondary cell wall, which is brought about by a point mutation in the KORRIGAN (KOR) beta,1-4 endoglucanase (beta,1-4 EGase) gene. Measurement of the total crystalline cellulose in the inflorescence stem indicates that the irx2 mutant contains approximately 30% of the level present in the wild type (WT)....
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