Down-regulation of xylan biosynthetic GhGT47Bs in cotton impedes fibre elongation and secondary wall thickening during fibre transition

Plant Biotechnol J. 2024 Feb;22(2):281-283. doi: 10.1111/pbi.14205. Epub 2023 Oct 20.

Yanjun Guo^{1

2}, Yanan Gao¹, Feng Chen¹, Jingwen Luo¹, Mengfei Qiao¹, Mengyun Li¹, Staffan Persson^{3

4}, Wei Zeng⁵, Wenliang Xu¹

¹ Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
² College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, China.
³ Copenhagen Plant Science Center, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
⁴ Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁵ School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, China.

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Keywords: GhGT47B; cell wall integrity; cellulose; cotton fiber; fiber transition stage; xylan biosynthesis.

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