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A Brief History of Arabinogalactan-Proteins

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Cell and Developmental Biology of Arabinogalactan-Proteins

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In this paper key events in the development of our current understanding of the structure, functional roles and biosynthesis of arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) will be analyzed. In making this analysis, use has been made of citations in reviews (Smith and Montgomery 1959, Clarke et al 1979, Fincher et al 1983, Showalter 1993, Bacic et al 1996, Du et al 1996a, Knox 1995 1996, Nothnagel 1997, Sommer-Knudsen et al 1998). These were analyzed by a bibliographical system (Garfield 1979) based on the citation index that enabled key events, their chronology and relationships in the evolution of the AGP story to be identified. Unfortunately the citation networking program that has proved useful, for example, in defining how DNA theory was developed, was not accessible. Instead, milestones in AGP history are summarized in sectors as follows: structural elucidation of exudate gums and cell and tissue AG-peptides and -proteins; detection, cell and tissue location of AGPs; separation and analysis of AGPs; function of AGPs; and, finally, their biosynthesis.

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Stone, B.A., Valenta, K. (2000). A Brief History of Arabinogalactan-Proteins. In: Nothnagel, E.A., Bacic, A., Clarke, A.E. (eds) Cell and Developmental Biology of Arabinogalactan-Proteins. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4207-0_1

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