AnnualPlantReviews,PlantPolysaccharides

PlantPolysaccharides,anexceptionalnewvolumeinWiley-Blackwell’ssuccessfulAnnualPlantReviewsseries,coversthepolysaccharidesandproteinsthatformthefundamentalarchitectureoftheplantcellwall,andthegenesthatencodethecellularmachinerythatsynthesizesthem.Thevolumefocusesontheevolutionofthemanyfamiliesofgeneswhoseproductsarerequiredtomakeaparticularkindofpolysaccharide,bringingattentiontothespecificbiochemicalpropertiesoftheproteinstothelevelofkindsofsugarlinkagestheymake.Beautifullyillustratedinfullcolourthroughout,thisexceptionalnewvolumeprovidescuttingedgeup-to-dateinformationonsuchimportanttopicsascellwallbiology,compositionandbiosynthesis,glycosyltransferases,hydroxyproline-richglycoproteins,enzymaticmodificationofplantcellwallpolysaccharides,glycanengineeringintransgenicplants,andpolysaccharidenanobiotechnology.Drawingtogethersomeoftheworld’sleadingexpertsintheseareas,theeditor,PeterUlvskov,hasprovidedalandmarkvolumethatisessentialreadingforplantandcropscientists,biochemists,molecularbiologistsandgeneticists.Alllibrariesinuniversitiesandresearchestablishmentswhereplantsciences,agriculture,biological,biochemicalandmolecularsciencesarestudiedandtaughtshouldhavecopiesofthisimportantvolume.