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NEW! Mohnen research featured in 'Research Highlights' from the National Research Institutes. click here for pdf.

Recent progress in understanding GAUT1-related gene family function:

Persson, S., Caffall, K.H., Freshour, G. Hilley, M.T., Bauer, S., Poindexter, P., Hahn, M., Mohnen, D., Somerville, C. (2007) The Arabidopsis irregular xylem 8 mutant is deficient in glucuronoxylan and homogalacturonan which are essential for secondary cell wall integrity Plant Cell (in press) (available as Epub ahead of print)

Sterling, J.D., M.A. Atmodjo, S.E. Inwood, V.S.K. Kolli, H.F. Quigley, M.G. Hahn, and D. Mohnen. 2006. Functional identification of an Arabidopsis pectin biosynthetic homogalacturonan galacturonosyltransferase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103: 5236-5241.