IS-2282-94

Abstract

Achievements

The Importance of the Enzyme Sucrose Synthase for Cell Wall Synthesis in Plants	Budget	Duration
	$300,000	3 years

	Delmer, D.P.	UC, Davis
	Chourey, P.S.	USDA, ARS

Publication List

Chourey, P.S. and M.E. Miller (1995). On the role of sucrose synthase in cellulose and callose biosynthesis in plants Intl. Symp. Sucrose Metabolism, H.G. Pontis, G.L. Salerno, E.J. Echeverria, Eds., Am. Soc. Plant Physiol. :

Amor, Y., C. Haigler, S. Johnson, M. Wainscott and D.P. Delmer (1995). A membrane-associated form of sucrose synthase and its potential role in synthesis of cellulose and callose in plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 92:9353-9357

Ruan, Y-L, P.S. Chourey, D.P. Delmer and L. Perez-Grau (1997). The differential expression of sucrose synthase in relation to diverse patterns of carbon partitioning in developing cotton seed.  Plant Physiol 115:375-385

Chourey, P.S., E.W. Taliercio, S.J. Carlson and Y-L Ruan (1998). Genetic evidence that the two isozymes of sucrose synthase are critical, one for cell wall integrity and the other for starch biosynthesis in developing endosperm of maize.  Mol Gen Genet 259:88-96

Carlson, S.J. and P.S. Chourey (1996). Evidence for plasma membrane-associated forms of sucrose synthase in maize.  Gen Genet 252:303-310

Pear, J.R., Y. Kawagoe, W.E. Schreckengost, D.P. Delmer and D.M. Stalker (1996). Higher plants contain homologs of the bacterial celA genes encoding the catalytic subunit of cellulose synthase.  Plant Biol 93:12637-12642