Biochemistry and molecular biology of wood formation

Abstract

Genes involved in the formation of morphological structure in vascular differentiation and xylem from meristematic cells have been partly elucidated, recently. Genes encoding enzymes involved in cell wall biosynthesis have been also partly elucidated. The information in the both fields is still fragmentary and not unified for understanding wood formation in gene level. It is expected that the mechanism of synchronous expression of genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis and morphological structure in vascular differentiation is elucidated for well understanding of wood formation.