Nucleotide sugars are the universal sugar donors for the formation of polysaccharides,
glycoproteins, proteoglycans, glycolipids, and glycosylated secondary metabolites. At least …

Mammals rely entirely on symbiotic microorganisms within their digestive tract to gain
energy from plant biomass that is resistant to mammalian digestive enzymes. Especially in …

Expression of an inducible gene with sequences common to genes encoding pectin
methylesterase (PME) was found to be tightly correlated, both spatially and temporally, with …

The pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan II (RG-II), which accounts for~ 20% of the
ethanol-precipitable polysaccharides in red wine, has been isolated from wine …

This review summarizes the evidence for boron essentiality across the biological spectrum
with special focus on biochemical pathways and biomolecules relevant to immune function …

The Myrothamnus flabellifolius leaf cell wall and its response to desiccation were
investigated using electron microscopic, biochemical, and immunocytochemical techniques …

Background The shape of grass leaves possesses great value in both agronomy and
developmental biology research. Leaf rolling is one of the important traits in rice (Oryza …

One of the most abundant groups of organic compounds in the plant kingdom are the
carbohydrates which exist as monosaccharides, disacchar-ides, higher oligosaccharides …

This review discusses how extracellular DNA (exDNA) might function in plant defense, and
at what level (s) of innate immunity this process might operate. A new role for extracellular …

Pectin-Zn-alginate gel particles from callus culture pectin with increased linearity and
decreased rhamnogalacturonan I branching and degree of methylesterification had a higher …