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ReviewPlanta2013

Hemicellulose biosynthesis.

Markus Pauly, Sascha Gille, Lifeng Liu, Nasim Mansoori, Amancio de Souza, Alex Schultink, Guangyan Xiong

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Review in Planta, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed
40.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

141 citing papers in PubMed, 427 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Markus PaulyEnergy Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA, mpauly69@berkeley.edu.
Sascha Gille
Lifeng Liu
Nasim Mansoori
Amancio de Souza
Alex Schultink
Guangyan Xiong
University of California, Berkeley · USEnergy Biosciences Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One major component of plant cell walls is a diverse group of polysaccharides, the hemicelluloses. Hemicelluloses constitute roughly one-third of the wall biomass and encompass the heteromannans, xyloglucan, heteroxylans, and mixed-linkage glucan. The fine structure of these polysaccharides, particularly their substitution, varies depending on the plant species and tissue type. The hemicelluloses are used in numerous industrial applications such as food additives as well as in medicinal applications. Their abundance in lignocellulosic feedstocks should not be overlooked, if the utilization of this renewable resource for fuels and other commodity chemicals becomes a reality. Fortunately, our understanding of the biosynthesis of the various hemicelluloses in the plant has increased enormously in recent years mainly through genetic approaches. Taking advantage of this knowledge has led to plant mutants with altered hemicellulosic structures demonstrating the importance of the hemicelluloses in plant growth and development. However, while we are on a solid trajectory in identifying all necessary genes/proteins involved in hemicellulose biosynthesis, future research is required to combine these single components and assemble them to gain a holistic mechanistic understanding of the biosynthesis of this important class of plant cell wall polysaccharides.

Indexed as

Cell WallGlucansMannansPlant CellsPolysaccharidesXylansGlucanshemicelluloseMannansPolysaccharidesXylansxyloglucan

Identifiers

PMID23801299
OpenAlexW4211103668

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