Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology Selected Articles on the
Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology is an up-to-date treatise on the most advanced and provocative research into the biosynthesis, structure, and applications of nature’s most abundant macromolecule and renewable resource, cellulose. Molecular, bi
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Cellulose:
Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology Selected Articles on the Synthesis, Structure, and Applications of Cellulose
Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology
Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology Selected Articles on the Synthesis, Structure, and Applications of Cellulose
Edited by R. Malcolm Brown, Jr. and Inder M. Saxena The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface .......................................................................................................
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Chapter 1: Many Paths up the Mountain: Tracking the Evolution of Cellulose Biosynthesis ........................................ David R. Nobles, Jr. and R. Malcolm Brown, Jr.
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Introduction ........................................................................................ Sequence Comparisons ....................................................................... Eukaryotic Cellulose Synthases ........................................................... 3.1. The case for a cyanobacterial origin of plant cellulose synthases ..................................................................... 3.2. Lateral transfer of cellulose synthase in the urochordates .......... 3.3. The cellulose synthase of Dictyostelium discoideum ................... 4. Bacterial Gene Clusters ....................................................................... 4.1. Introduction .............................................................................. 4.2. Characterized gene clusters ........................................................ 5. Novel Gene Clusters ............................................................................ 5.1. Introduction .............................................................................. 5.2. Group III ................................................................................... 5.3. Group IV ................................................................................... 6. Concluding Remarks ........................................................................... References ...........................................................................................
Chapter 2: Evolution of the Cellulose Synthase (CesA) Gene Family: Insights from Gre
