Cellulose synthase genes

BURTON, R.A., GIBEAUT, D.M., BACIC, A., FINDLAY, K., ROBERTS, K., HAMILTON, A., BAULCOMBE, D.C., FINCHER, G.B., Virus-induced silencing of a plant cellulose synthase gene, Plant Cell., 2000,12,691-705. 

Isolation and sequencing of the cellulose synthase gene(s) has not been accomplished yet however, DNA from Acetobacter xylinum containing this gene(s) was cloned into broad host-range plasmid vectors (82). These vectors were mobilized into Pel- mutants to test for complementation. To date, this approach has not produced a pellicle-forming transconjugant from a Pel- mutant of Acetobacter (82). The direct correlation between cellulose production and presence of plasmid DNA in Acetobacter has been reported... 

In terms of quantity, probably cellulose (O Chap. 6.3) is the most important plant polysaccharide and has a key role in maintaining the cell wall. Enz)me complexes, with perhaps 36 subunits, produce this polymer and a number of the relevant CESA (cellulose synthase) genes have been identified defects in some CESA genes are associated with some irx (irregular xylem) phenot) es [323]. Related proteins, encoded by cellulose synthase-like A(CslA) genes, are apparently /3-mannan synthases [324]. Mannans are only one of the many hemicellu-... 

Conversion of CO2 into cellulose by gene manipulation of microalgae Cloning of cellulose synthase genes from Acetobacter xylinum... 

The first two higher plant cellulose synthase genes cloned, GhCesAl and GhCesAI, are transcribed during the secondary wall thickening phase of cotton fiber development [25]. 

Blanton R.L., Fuller D., Iranfar N., Grimson M.J., and Loomis W.F. 2000. The cellulose synthase gene of Dictyostelium. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97 2391-2396. 

Burn J.E., Hocart C.H., Birch R.J., Cork A.C., and Williamson R.E. 2002. Functional analysis of the cellulose synthase genes CesAl, CesA2, and CesAS in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 129 797-807. 

Liang X. and Joshi C.P. 2004. Molecular cloning of ten distinct hypervariable regions from the cellulose synthase gene superfamily in aspen trees. Tree Physiol 24 543-550. 

Saxena I.M. and Brown, Jr. R.M., 1995. Identification of a second cellulose synthase gene (acsAII) in Acetobacter xylinum. J Bacteriol 177 5276-5283. 

Umeda Y, Hirano A., Ishibashi M., Akiyama H., Onizuka T, Ikeuchi M., and Inoue Y. 1999. Cloning of cellulose synthase genes from Acetobacter xylinum JCM 7664 implication of a novel set of cellulose synthase genes. DNA Res 6 109-115. 

Taylor N.G., Scheible W.R., Cutler S., Somerville C.R., and Turner S.R. 1999. The irregular xylem 3 locus of Arabidopsis encodes a cellulose synthase gene required for secondary cell wall synthesis. Plant Cell 11 769-780. 

Kalluri U.C. and Joshi C.R (2004). Differential expression patterns of two cellulose synthase genes are associated with primary and secondary cell wall development in aspen trees. Rlanta 220 47-55. 

FROM CELLULOSE TO MECHANICAL STRENGTH CARBON FLUX AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE CELLULOSE SYNTHASE GENES TO DRY MATTER ACCUMULATION IN MAIZE... 

Wu L., Joshi C.P., and Chiang V.L. 2000. A xylem-specific cellulose synthase gene from aspen Populus tremuloides) is responsive to mechanical stress. Plant J. 22 495-502. 

Joshi C. 2003. Xylem-specific and tension stress-responsive expression of cellulose synthase genes from aspen trees. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 105 17-26. 

Ohlsson A.B., Djerbi S., Winzell A., Bessueille L., StSldal L., Li X.G., Blomqvist K., Bulone V, Teeri T.T., and Berglimd T. 2006. Cell suspension cultures of Populus tremula x tremuloides exhibit a high level of cellulose synthase gene expression that coincides with increased in vitro cellulose synthase activity. Protoplasma, 228(4) 221-229. in press. 

Ranik M. and Myburg A. A. 2006. Six new cellulose synthase genes from Eucalyptus are associated with primary and secondary cell wall biosynthesis. Tree Physiology 26 545-556. 

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