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Molecular characterization of PoGT8D and PoGT43B, two secondary wall-associated glycosyltransferases in poplar.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 May 2007
Zhou Gong-Ke, Zhong Ruiqin, Himmelsbach David S, McPhail Brooks T, Ye Zheng-Hua
Abstract excerpt
Dicot wood is mainly composed of cellulose, lignin and glucuronoxylan (GX). Although the biosynthetic genes for cellulose and lignin have been studied intensively, little is known about the genes involved in the biosynthesis of GX during wood formation. Here, we report the molecular characterization of two genes, PoGT8D and PoGT43B, which encode putative glycosyltransferases, in the hybrid poplar Populus alba x...
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