Cellulose café

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+[[!meta title="A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis."]]
+[[!tag Ciona_intestinalis trans-splicing cellulose]]
+
+Matthysse AG, Deschet K, Williams M, Marry M, White AR, Smith WC.
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+A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis.
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+Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jan 27;101(4):986-91.
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+[[!pmid 14722352 desc="The CesA mRNA is trans-spliced in Ciona intestinalis."]]

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@@ -118,10 +118,12 @@ Genes and pathways
  - ~80 "house proteins" have been identified and more than half lack similarity
    to known proteins ([[Hosp et al., 2012|biblio/22792236]]).
  - 2 cellulose synthase genes, possibly acquired by horizontal gene transfer
-   from an actinobacteria([[Nakashima and coll., 2004|biblio/14740209]]), were
+   from an actinobacteria ([[Nakashima and coll., 2004|biblio/14740209]]), were
    found by [[Sagane et al. (2010)|biblio/20335363]] and [[Nakashima et al.
    (2011)|biblio/20972815]].  They are used to produce different crystalline forms
-   of cellulose ([[Nakashima et al., 2011|biblio/20972815]]).
+   of cellulose ([[Nakashima et al., 2011|biblio/20972815]]).  The CesA gene
+   is trans-spliced in the ascidian _Ciona intestinalis_ ([[Matthysse and coll.,
+   2004|biblio/14722352]]).
  - _O. dioica_ has multiple CDK1 and Cyclin B paraplogs, some of which are
    implicated in oogenesis ([[Feng & Thompson, 2018|biblio/29969934]]).
  - _O. dioica_ only has the Dnmt2 methyltransferase, and lacks Dnmt1 and Dnmt3.