Chris Somerville
Publication Details
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Cloning in silico.
Curr Biol. 1997; (2): R108-11
Cellulose is a major component of plant cell walls, but identification of the enzymes that synthesize it has proven difficult. Now, however, several candidate proteins with sequence homology to bacterial cellulose synthases have been identified by partial sequencing of anonymous cDNA clones from cotton fibers.
