xylose
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xylose Pentose (five‐carbon) sugar found in plant tissues as complex polysaccharide; 40% as sweet as sucrose. Also known as wood sugar.
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Fresh-cut fruit moves into the fast lane.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...sliced, and diced. He understands how plant tissues respond to the stresses of processing...advantage. The critical moment is when the plant tissues are cut, he says. It's at this point...potentially damaging enzymes away from plant tissues. When fruit is cut, enzymes, which...
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Montana State University obtains United States patent.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 7/1/2003; 69 words
; ...State University (Bozeman, MT) has patented plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline...relates to methods of producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the methods...
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ARCH obtains United States patent.(Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 8/1/2002; 84 words
; ...expressing hydroperoxide lyase genes in plants, plant cells, and plant tissues. Expression cassettes comprising the hydroperoxide lyase...invention are provided, as well as transformed plant cells, plant tissues, and plants. (US 6,444,874)
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MO BIO Laboratories.(Life Science Consumables: Product Introductions)
Newspaper article from: Instrument Business Outlook; 11/30/2006; 15 words
; MO BIO Laboratories introduced the PowerPlant DNA Isolation Kit for isolating DNA from plant tissues.
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United States of America obtains United States patent.(growth, organization, and differentiation of plant tissues)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 1/1/2007; 74 words
; ...Energy (Washington, DC) has patented methods and compositions for altering the growth, organization, and differentiation of plant tissues. The invention is based on the discovery that, in plants, genetically altering the levels of Retinoblastoma-related gene...
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Syngenta obtains United States patent.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 2/1/2002; 198 words
; ...has patented trichothecene-resistant transgenic plants, plant tissues, plant seeds, and plant cells comprising a heterologous polynucleotide...confers trichothecene resistance to the transgenic plants, plant tissues, plant seeds, and plant cells. Trichothecene resistance activity...
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Sabinsa launches green coffee bean extract.(Supplier's Corner)
Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry; 8/1/2005; 48 words
; ...60%, which is extracted from green coffee beans. Chlorogenic acid and other caffeoyl esters are among the most potent free radical scavengers found in plant tissues, according to the company. More info: (732) 777-1111; Website: www.sabinsa.com.
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Rooting for gossypol: intriguing cotton roots make a compound that could benefit agriculture--and even medicine.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...forefront of cancer research. Phytochemical Factories Inoculating plant tissues in petri dishes with root-instigating bacteria, like R. rhizogenes...Crystallizing Liquid Gold Some of the gossypol made by the plant tissues is secreted in the culture's liquid medium, giving it a rich...
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Improving crop plants through genomics.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...fruit development while exerting minimal influence on other plant tissues. This may help control ethylene's effects on ripening--and...ethylene's desirable effects, such as disease resistance, on other plant tissues, he says. It makes it possible to control ripening in fruit...
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Yale obtains United States patent.(Yale University )(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 5/1/2004; 124 words
; ...organisms that undergo meiosis in which pollen or sperm can be outcrossed; this includes: transgenic animals, plant cells, plant tissues and whole plants. More specifically, this invention relates to the control of transgene transmission by male and/or female...
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xylose
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
xylose ( zy -lohz) n. a pentose sugar that is involved in carbohydrate interconversions within cells. It is used as a diagnostic aid for intestinal function.
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xylan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
xylan A polysaccharide containing xylose that is commonly found in the cell walls of higher plants. The molecules consist of a backbone of beta-xylose units linked between the first and fourth carbon atom of neighbouring sugar units, with side chains...
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Xyl
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations
Xyl Biochem. xylose
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beechwood sugar
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
beechwood sugar See xylose .
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wood sugar
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
wood sugar See XYLOSE .
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