Plant Cell Wall Polymers. Biogenesis and Biodegradation

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Content: Control of plant cell wall biogenesis : an overview / D.H. Northcote -- Formation and functions of xyloglucan and derivatives / David A. Brummell and Gordon A. Maclachlan -- Toward a working model of the growing plant cell wall : phenolic cross-linking reactions in the primary cell walls of dicotyledons / Stephen C. Fry and Janice G. Miller -- Deposition of cell wall components in conifer tracheids / Keiji Takabe, Kazumi Fukazawa, and Hiroshi Harada -- Phenylpropanoid metabolism in cell walls : an overview / Etsuo Yamamoto, Gordon H. Bokelman, and Norman G. Lewis -- Biochemical interface between aromatic amino acid biosynthesis and secondary metabolism / Roy A. Jensen, Paul Morris, Carol Bonner, and Lolita O. Zamir -- Enzymology of gallotannin biosynthesis / Georg G. Gross -- Biogenesis and localization of polymethylated flavonoids in cell walls of Chrysosplenium americanum / Ragai Ibrahim, Lilian Latchinian, and Louise Brisson -- Phenolic constituents of plant cell walls and wall biodegradability / Roy D. Hartley and Clive W. Ford -- An improved radiotracer method for studying formation and structure of lignin / Noritsugu Terashima -- Biogenesis and structure of macromolecular lignin in the cell wall of tree xylem as studied by microautoradiography / Noritsugu Terashima and K. Fukushima -- 13C specific labeling of lignin in intact plants / Norman G. Lewis, Ramon A. Razal, Etsuo Yamamoto, Gordon H. Bokelman, and Jan B. Wooten -- Biochemical and biosynthetic studies on lignification of Gramineae / Monique Gaudillere and Bernard Monties -- Inhibition of cell wall peroxidases with ferulic salts and fluorinated analogues / Anne-Marie Catesson, An Pang, Charlette Francesch, Christian Rolando, and Renée Goldberg -- Lignification in young plant seedlings grown on earth and aboard the space shuttle / Joe R. Cowles, R. LeMay, G. Jahns, W.H. Scheld, and C. Peterson -- Molecular structure and dynamics of intact plant polyesters : solid-state NMR studies / Ruth E. Stark, Tatyana Zlotnik-Mazori, Lisa M. Ferrantello, and Joel R. Garbow -- Cellulose biosynthesis : the terminal complex hypothesis and its relationship to other contemporary research topics / Arland T. Hotchkiss, Jr. -- (1,3)-[Beta]-glucan synthase : subunit identification studies / B.P. Wasserman, T.L. Mason, D.J. Frost, S.M. Read, R.M. Slay, and A.E. Watada -- Biogenesis of cellulose microfibrils and the role of microtubules in green algae / Takao Itoh -- Triple-stranded left-hand helical cellulose microfibril in Acetobacter xylinum and in tobacco primary cell wall / George C. Ruben, Gordon H. Bokelman, and William Krakow -- Structural characterization and visualization in situ and after isolation of tobacco pectin / George C. Ruben and Gordon H. Bokelman -- Control of cell wall plasticity : relationship to pectin properties / Renée Goldberg, Paulette Devillers, Roger Prat, Claudine Morvan, Véronique Michon, and Catherine Hervé du Penhoat -- Effect of chemical structure of pectins on their interactions with calcium / M. Rinaudo -- Comparative studies on the cell wall polymers obtained from different parts of rice grains / Naoto Shibuya -- Cell wall alterations and antimicrobial defense in perennial plants / R.B. Pearce -- Infection-induced lignification in wheat / J.P. Ride, M.S. Barber, and R.E. Bertram -- Lignin biosynthesis in stem rust infected wheat / Bruno M. Moerschbacher -- Virulence-inducing phenolic compounds detected by Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Paul A. Spencer and G.H.N. Towers -- Properties of a cutinase-defective mutant of Fusarium solani / Anne H. Dantzig -- Roles of secondary metabolism of wood rotting fungi in biodegradation of lignocellulosic materials / Mikio Shimada, Akira Ohta, Hiroshi Kurosaka, Takefumi Hattori, Takayoshi Higuchi, and Munezoh Takahashi -- Ultrastructural localization of lignocellulose-degrading enzymes / I.M. Gallagher, M.A. Fraser, C.S. Evans, P.T. Atkey, and D.A. Wood -- Enzyme excretion during wood cell wall degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium / Jean-Paul Joseleau and Katia Ruel -- Oxidation and reduction in lignin biodegradation / Hans E. Schoemaker, Emmo M. Meijer, Matti S.A. Leisola, Stephan D. Haemmerli, Roland Waldner, Dominique Sanglard, and Harald W.H. Schmidt -- Oxidative enzymes from the lignin-degrading fungus Pleurotus sajor-caju / Robert Bourbonnais and Michael G. Paice -- Mechanisms of lignin degradation by lignin peroxidase and laccase of white-rot fungi / Takayoshi Higuchi -- Aromatic ring cleavage by lignin peroxidase / Toshiaki Umezawa and Takayoshi Higuchi -- Biomimetic studies in lignin degradation / Futong Cui and David Dolphin -- Bacterial degradation of kraft lignin : production and characterization of water-soluble intermediates derived from Streptomyces badius and Streptomyces viridosporus / P.F. Vidal, J. Bouchard, R.P. Overend, E. Chornet, H. Giroux, and F. Lamy -- Microbial calorimetric analysis : lignin-related compounds in micromolar concentrations / Rex E. Lovrien, Mark L. Ferry, Timothy S. Magnuson, and Robert A. Blanchette -- Microbial degradation of tannins and related compounds / A.M. Deschamps -- Specific assays, purification, and study of structure-activity relationships of cellulolytic enzymes / P. Tomme, V. Heriban, H. Van Tilbeurgh, and M. Claeyssens -- Cellulases of Cellulomonas fimi : the enzymes and their interactions with substrate / D.G. Kilburn, N.R. Gilkes, R.C. Miller, Jr., and R.A.J. Warren -- [Beta]-glucosidases : mechanism and inhibition / Stephen G. Withers and Ian P. Street -- Environmental potential of the Trichoderma exocellular enzyme system / J.M. Lynch -- Biodegradation of the hetero-1,4-linked xylans / Robert F.H. Dekker -- The xylanolytic enzyme system of Trichoderma reesei / Kaisa Poutanen and Jurgen Puls -- Production and purification of xylanases / David J. Senior, Paul R. Mayers, and John N. Saddler.