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This work was supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation and the Australian Research Council. We thank Keith Gatford and Neil Shirley for invaluable assistance in several aspects of the work.

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  1. Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia

    Rachel A. Burton, Naser Farrokhi & Geoffrey B. Fincher

  2. Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, VIC, Australia

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Burton, R.A., Farrokhi, N., Bacic, A. et al. Plant cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis: real progress in the identification of participating genes. Planta 221, 309–312 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-005-1495-7

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