Higher plant cellulose synthases
Open Access
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Genome Biology
Abstract
The sole function of cellulose synthases, which are found in plants bacteria, fungi, and animals, is to produce the biopolymer cellulose. Although no crystal structure has yet been solved, a considerable amount is known about their structure, function and evolution.Keywords
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