Wei Zeng, Mohor Chatterjee and Ahmed Faik. (2008) UDP-xylose Stimulated Glucuronyltransferase Activity in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) Microsomal Membranes: Characterization and Role in Glucurono(arabino)Xylan Biosynthesis. Plant Physiology 147 : 78-91 [PDF] |
Matthew Shipp, Ramya Nadella, Hui Gao, Vladimir Farkas, Hans Sigrist and Ahmed Faik. (2008) Glyco-array technology for efficient monitoring of plant cell wall glycosyltransferase activities. Glycoconjugate J 25, 49-58 [PDF] |
A. Faik, J. Abouzouhair, F. Sarhan. (2006) Putative Fasciclin-like Arabinogalactan Proteins (FLA) in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) and Rice (Oryza sativa): Identification and Bioinformatic Analyses. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 276, 478-494 [PDF] |
J. Egelund, B.L. Peterson, M.S. Motawia, I. Damager, A. Faik, C.E. Olsen, T. Ishii, H. Clausen, P. Ulvskov, N. Geshi. (2006) Biosynthesis of Pectic Rhamnogalacturonan II: Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Golgi-Localized alpha(1, 3) Xylosyltransferases Encoded by RGXT1 and RGXT2 Genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 18, 2593-2607 [PDF] |
A.Faik, NJ. Price, NV. Raikhel and K. Keegstra. (2002) An Arabidopsis gene encoding an alpha-xylosyltransferase involved in xyloglucan biosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99(11), 7797-7802 [PDF] |
R. Sarria, TA. Wagner, M. O'Neill, A. Faik, C. Wilkerson, K. Keegstra and NV. Raikhel. (2001) Characterization of a family of Arabidopsis genes related to xyloglucan fucosyltransferase. Plant Physiol. 127, 1595-1606 [PDF] |
A. Faik, M. Bar-Peled, AE. DeRocher, W. Zeng, RM. Perrin, C. Wilkerson, NV. Raikhel and K. Keegstra. (2000) Biochemical Characterization and Molecular Cloning of an alpha(1,2) Fucosyltransferase that Catalyzes the last Step of Cell Wall Xyloglucan Biosynthesis in Pea. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 15082-15089 [PDF] |
A. Faik, D. Desveaux and G. Maclachlan. (2000) Sugar-nucleotide-binding and autoglycosylating polypeptide(s) from nasturtium: Biochemical capacities and potential functions. Biochem. J. 347, 857-864 [PDF] |
A-M. Labouré, A. Faik, P. Mandaron and D. Falconet. (1999) RGD-dependent growth of Maize and immunodetection of an integrin-like protein. FEBS Lett. 442, 123-128 [PDF] |
D. Desveaux, A. Faik and G. Maclachlan. (1998) Fucosyltransferase and the biosynthesis of storage and structural xyloglucan in developing nasturtium fruits. Plant Physiol. 118, 884-895 [PDF] |
A Faik, D. Desveaux and G. Maclachlan. (1998) Enzymic activities responsible for xyloglucan depolymerization by extracts of developing tomato fruit. Phytochem. 49, 365-376 [PDF] |
A. Faik, A-M. Labouré, D. Gulino, P. Mandaron and D. Falconet (1998) A plant surface protein sharing structural properties with animal integrins. Eur. J. Biochem. 253(3), 552-559 [PDF] |
A. Faik, C. Chileshe, J. Sterling and G. Maclachlan. (1997) Xyloglucan galactosyl and fucosyltransferase activities from pea epicotyl microsomes. Plant Physiol. 114, 245-254 [PDF] |
A. Faik, G. Chambat and J-P. Joseleau. (1995) Changes in wall-bound polysaccharidase activities during the cell cycle of Rubus fructicosus suspension culture. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 17(6), 381-385[PDF] |