Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have identified GAME15 as a key protein that regulates the ...

Simply put, cellulose is a chain of glucose molecules, and a large number of such cellulose chains weave together with other polymers to form plant cell walls. Cellulose biosynthesis is also one of ...

Figure 1: The recruitment and retro-evolution hypotheses, illustrated with the biosynthesis of pHPG (4), a component of vancomycin-class antibiotics. An apparent limitation of the recruitment ...

The biosynthetic pathway of specific steroidal compounds in nightshade plants (such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants) starts with cholesterol ...

Research has shown that cell wall components—cellulose, hemicellulose ... By understanding how CaSLR1 regulates cell wall biosynthesis, we can develop precise breeding strategies to strengthen ...

and M.Sc. in botany at the University of Guelph, he continued at the same institution to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry with Dr. Brian Ellis studying the biosynthesis of glucosinolates, compounds that give ...

The Cellulose Chemistry research group, lead by Dr. Alistair King, concerns the development of techniques for tuning the reactivity of bulk cellulose and at the surface, with applications in textiles, ...

Fabrication of the BC/S-Mica nanopaper. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...

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Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2001 Feb 27;98 2262-7 Arabidopsis cyt1 mutants are deficient in a mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase and point to a requirement of N-linked glycosylation for cellulose ...