Cloning in silico.
Cellulose is a major component of plant cell walls, but identification of the enzymes that synthesize it has proven difficult. Now, however, several candidate proteins with sequence homology to bacterial cellulose synthases have been identified by partial sequencing of anonymous cDNA clones from cotton fibers.
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Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Somerville
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002482:Cellulose / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005936:Glucans / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008954:Models, Biological; D008961:Models, Structural; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology
D005936:Glucans; D002482:Cellulose