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Mixed-linkage glucan:xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (MXE) re-models hemicelluloses in Equisetum shoots but not in barley shoots or Equisetum callus

  1. Kyle E. Mohler,
  2. Thomas J. Simmons,
  3. Stephen C. Fry*

Article first published online: 19 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04371.x

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 197, Issue 1, pages 111–122, January 2013

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Mohler, K. E., Simmons, T. J. and Fry, S. C. (2013), Mixed-linkage glucan:xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (MXE) re-models hemicelluloses in Equisetum shoots but not in barley shoots or Equisetum callus. New Phytologist, 197: 111–122. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04371.x

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  1. The Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

* Author for correspondence:
Stephen C. Fry
Tel: +44 131 650 5320
Email: s.fry@ed.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 19 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 31 AUG 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 25 JUL 2012

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  • UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

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