Patent Publication Number: US-8110726-B2

Title: Polynucleotides encoding cellulose synthase from pinus radiata and methods of use for regulating polysaccharides of a plant

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/861,910, filed Jun. 7, 2004, and it claims the benefit under 35 USC §119(e) of U.S. Application No. 60/476,239, filed Jun. 6, 2003, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates generally to the field of plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes, and the use of such polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences for controlling plant phenotype. The invention specifically provides cell cycle polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from  Eucalyptus  and  Pinus  and sequences related thereto. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Plant cells walls are composed mainly of cellulose, pectin, and hemicellulose. Cellulose is comprised of crystalline β-1,4-glucan microfibrils, which are extremely strong and resist enzymatic and mechanical degradation. Cellulose content has a profound effect on the structural properties of plant fibers and wood products, as well as, nutritional quantity, digestibility and palatability of animal and human foodstuffs. Additionally, cellulose is the major structural component of industrially-important plant fibers, such as cotton, flax, hemp, jute and forestry species, such as  Eucalyptus  ssp. and  Pinus  ssp. 
     Cellulose is also commonly used in a variety industrial applications. Some biodegradable plastics and digestible medicine capsules, as well as medical fillers and fiber additives for food can be made from plant polysaccharides. Moreover, certain plastics, such as cellulose acetate, and synthetic textiles, such as rayon, are derived from cellulose. 
     Polysaccharides have a profound impact on food quality. Cell walls contribute to crispness in carrots, while degradation of cell walls is required for softening of fruits such as peaches and tomatoes. In maize, increased amylose is desirable for cattle feed, but not for human consumption, and increased cell wall strength reduces digestibility. In fiber crops, such as timber, cellulose is the primary polymer of interest. Wood density, a fundamental measure of structural timber quality, is essentially a measure of cellulose content. In the paper pulping industry, efficiency is measured in terms of yield of cellulose and thus a high cellulose content is desirable. 
     The ability to alter expression of polysaccharide synthesis genes is extremely powerful because polysaccharide synthesis affects plant phenotype as well as growth rates. Control of polysaccharide synthesis has applications for, inter alia, alteration of wood properties and, in particular, lumber and wood pulp properties. For example, improvements to wood pulp that can be effected by altering polysaccharide synthesis gene expression include increased or decreased lignin and cellulose content. Manipulating the polysaccharide synthesis in a plant can also engineer better lumber having increased dimensional stability, increased tensile strength, increased shear strength, increased compression strength, decreased reaction wood, increased stiffness, increased or decreased hardness, decreased spirality, decreased shrinkage, and desirable characteristics with respect to weight, density, and specific gravity. 
     A. Polysaccharides Genes and Proteins 
     Cellulose synthesis is catalyzed, in part, by cellulose synthase. Cellulose synthases are members of the large family of inverting processive β-glycosyltransferases. The cellulose synthase (Ces) genes encode cellulose synthases and are responsible, in part, for regulating cellulose biosynthesis. CesA, a cellulose synthase, belongs to the cellulose synthase superfamily, which is characterized by four conserved domains, U1-U4. U1-U3 each have a conserved aspartate as well as an N′ zinc finger domain. The U4 domain possesses a putative substrate binding site, Q-x-x-R—W. Saxena et al.,  J. Bacteriol.  177: 1419 (1995). 
     CesA proteins are predicted be an eight transmembrane domain protein having about 1100 amino acids. The CesA proteins function as part of a large membrane-bound complex that polymerizes activated glucose into a cellulose polymer. The substrate for Ces in higher plants is UDP-Glucose (UDPG) and most, if not all evidence supports the hypothesis that cellulose synthase genes encode a glycosyltransferase that is integral to the cellulose biosynthetic pathway (See, Holland et al., Plant Physiol., 123: 1313 (2000)). 
     In silico analysis identified the cellulose synthase-like proteins (Csl), a large family of proteins in plants believed to be processive polysaccharide β-glycosyltransferases. See, e.g., Goubet et al.,  Plant Physiol.  131:547 (1993). The cellulose synthase-like proteins possess the conserved U1-U4 domains, like the cellulose synthases, but lack the N′ zinc finger domain. Doblin et al.,  Plant Cell Physiol.  43:1407 (2002). It is believed that cellulose synthase-like enzymes control the production of non-cellulosic plant polysaccharides. 
     B. Expression Profiling and Microarray Analysis in Polysaccharide Synthesis 
     The multigenic control of polysaccharide synthesis presents difficulties in determining the genes responsible for phenotypic determination. One major obstacle to identifying genes and gene expression differences that contribute to phenotype in plants is the difficulty with which the expression of more than a handful of genes can be studied concurrently. Another difficulty in identifying and understanding gene expression and the interrelationship of the genes that contribute to plant phenotype is the high degree of sensitivity to environmental factors that plants demonstrate. 
     There have been recent advances using genome-wide expression profiling. In particular, the use of DNA microarrays has been useful to examine the expression of a large number of genes in a single experiment. Several studies of plant gene responses to developmental and environmental stimuli have been conducted using expression profiling. For example, microarray analysis was employed to study gene expression during fruit ripening in strawberry, Aharoni et al.,  Plant Physiol.  129:1019-1031 (2002), wound response in Arabodopsis, Cheong et al.,  Plant Physiol.  129:661-7 (2002), pathogen response in Arabodopsis, Schenk et al.,  Proc. Nat&#39;l Acad. Sci.  97:11655-60 (2000), and auxin response in soybean, Thibaud-Nissen et al.,  Plant Physiol.  132:118. Whetten et al.,  Plant Mol. Biol.  47:275-91 (2001) discloses expression profiling of cell wall biosynthetic genes in  Pinus taeda  L. using cDNA probes. Whetten et al. examined genes which were differentially expressed between differentiating juvenile and mature secondary xylem. Additionally, to determine the effect of certain environmental stimuli on gene expression, gene expression in compression wood was compared to normal wood. 156 of the 2300 elements examined showed differential expression. Whetten, supra at 285. Comparison of juvenile wood to mature wood showed 188 elements as differentially expressed. Id. at 286. 
     Although expression profiling and, in particular, DNA microarrays provide a convenient tool for genome-wide expression analysis, their use has been limited to organisms for which the complete genome sequence or a large cDNA collection is available. See Hertzberg et al.,  Proc. Nat&#39;l Acad. Sci.  98:14732-7 (2001a), Hertzberg et al.,  Plant J.,  25:585 (2001b). For example, Whetten, supra, states, “A more complete analysis of this interesting question awaits the completion of a larger set of both pine and poplar ESTs.” Whetten et al. at 286. Furthermore, microarrays comprising cDNA or EST probes may not be able to distinguish genes of the same family because of sequence similarities among the genes. That is, cDNAs or ESTs, when used as microarray probes, may bind to more than one gene of the same family. 
     Methods of manipulating gene expression to yield a plant with a more desirable phenotype would be facilitated by a better understanding of polysaccharide synthetic gene expression in various types of plant tissue, at different stages of plant development, and upon stimulation by different environmental cues. The ability to control plant architecture and agronomically important traits would be improved by a better understanding of how polysaccharide synthesis gene expression effects formation of plant tissues and how plant growth and the polysaccharide synthesis are connected. Among the large number of genes, the expression of which can change during development of a plant, only a fraction are likely to effect phenotypic changes during any given stage of the plant development. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Accordingly, there is a need for tools and methods useful in determining the changes in the expression of polysaccharide synthesis genes that result in desirable phenotypes. There is also a need for polynucleotides useful in such methods. There is a further need for methods which can correlate changes in polysaccharide synthesis gene expression to a phenotype. There is a further need for methods of identifying polysaccharide synthesis genes and gene products that impact plant phenotype, and that can be manipulated to obtain a desired phenotype. 
     In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof. 
     In another aspect, the present invention provides a plant cell transformed with an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof. 
     In a further aspect, the present invention provides a transgenic plant comprising a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof. 
     In another aspect, the present invention provides a DNA construct comprising at least one polynucleotide having the sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof. 
     In an aspect, the present invention provides method of making a transformed plant comprising transforming a plant cell with a DNA construct, culturing the transformed plant cell under conditions that promote growth of a plant. 
     In another aspect, the present invention provides an isolated polynucleotide comprising a sequence encoding the catalytic or substrate-binding domain of a polypeptide selected from of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 30-58, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide having the activity of said polypeptide selected from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 30-58. 
     In an additional aspect, the invention provides a method of making a transformed plant comprising transforming a plant cell with a DNA construct comprising at least one polynucleotide having the sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and culturing the transformed plant cell under conditions that promote growth of a plant. 
     In a further aspect, the invention provides wood obtained from a transgenic tree which has been transformed with a DNA construct of the present invention. 
     In an additional aspect, the invention provides wood pulp obtained from a transgenic tree which has been transformed with a DNA construct of the present invention. 
     In a further aspect, the invention provides a method of making wood, comprising transforming a plant with a DNA construct comprising a polynucleotide having a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof, culturing the transformed plant under conditions that promote growth of a plant; and obtaining wood from the plant. 
     The invention also provides a method of making wood pulp, comprising transforming a plant with a DNA construct comprising a polynucleotide having a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof, culturing the transformed plant under conditions that promote growth of a plant, and obtaining wood pulp from the plant. 
     Another aspect of the present invention provides an isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention. 
     In a further aspect, the present invention provides an isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 30-58. 
     In an additional aspect, the present invention provides a method of altering a plant phenotype of a plant, comprising altering expression in the plant of a polypeptide encoded by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. 
     In one aspect, the present invention provides a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 59-83. 
     In another aspect, the present invention provides method of correlating gene expression in two different samples, comprising detecting a level of expression of one or more genes encoding a product encoded by a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof in a first sample, detecting a level of expression of the one or more genes in a second sample, comparing the level of expression of the one or more genes in the first sample to the level of expression of the one or more genes in the second sample, and correlating a difference in expression level of the one or more genes between the first and second samples. 
     In a further aspect, the present invention provides a method of correlating the possession of a plant phenotype to the level of gene expression in the plant of one or more genes comprising detecting a level of expression of one or more genes encoding a product encoded by a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof in a first plant possessing a phenotype, detecting a level of expression of the one or more genes in a second plant lacking the phenotype, comparing the level of expression of the one or more genes in the first plant to the level of expression of the one or more genes in the second plant, and correlating a difference in expression level of the one or more genes between the first and second plants to possession of the phenotype. 
     In an additional aspect, the invention provides a method of correlating gene expression to propensity to form reaction wood, comprising detecting a level of expression of one or more genes encoding a product encoded by a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 and conservative variants thereof in a first plant cell in xylem displaying a normal wood phenotype, detecting a level of expression of the one or more genes in a second plant cell in xylem displaying a reaction wood phenotype, comparing the level of the expression of the one or more genes in the first plant cells to the level of expression of the one or more genes in the second plants cells, and correlating a difference in expression level of the one or more genes between the first and second samples to the propensity to form reaction wood. 
     In one aspect, the present invention provides a combination for detecting expression of one or more genes, comprising two or more oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. 
     In another aspect, the present invention provides a combination for detecting expression of one or more genes, comprising two or more oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing to gene product encoded by a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. 
     In a further aspect, the present invention provides a microarray comprising a combination of the present invention on a solid support, wherein each of said two or more oligonucleotides occupies a unique location on said solid support. 
     In an additional aspect, the present invention provides a method for detecting one or more genes in a sample, comprising contacting the sample with two or more oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing to a gene comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 under standard hybridization conditions and detecting the one or more genes of interest which are hybridized to the one or more oligonucleotides. 
     In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for detecting one or more nucleic acid sequences encoded by one or more genes in a sample, comprising contacting the sample with two or more oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid sequence encoded by a gene comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 under standard hybridization conditions and detecting the one or more nucleic acid sequences which are hybridized to the one or more oligonucleotides. 
     In one aspect, the present invention provides a kit for detecting gene expression comprising a microarray together with one or more buffers or reagents for a nucleotide hybridization reaction. 
     Other features, objects, and advantages of the present invention are apparent from the detailed description that follows. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, not limitation. Various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the detailed description. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 30. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 2 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 3 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 4 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33. The conserved family 2 glycosyl transferase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 5 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 34. The conserved glycosyl transferase, family 2, family domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 6 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 7 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 8 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37. The conserved family 2 glycosyl transferase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 9 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 38. The conserved nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 10 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 11 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 40. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 12 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 13 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 42. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 14 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 43. The conserved glycosyl transferase, family 2 domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 15 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 44. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 16 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 45. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 17 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46. The conserved Glycoside hydrolase, family 2, domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 18 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 47. The conserved Glycosyl transferase, family 2 domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 19 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 48. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 20 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 49. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 21 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 50. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 22 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 51. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 23 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 52. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 24 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 53. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 25 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54. The conserved glycosyl transferase, family 2 domain is conserved. 
         FIG. 26 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 55. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 27 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56. The conserved glycolsyl transferase, family 2 domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 28 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 57. The conserved cellulose synthase domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 29 . Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 58. The conserved glycolsyl transferase, family 2 domain is underlined. 
         FIG. 30 . Vector map of pWVR 8. 
         FIG. 31 . Vector map of pART27. 
         FIG. 32 . Exemplary microarray sampling parameters. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The inventors have discovered novel isolated polysaccharide synthesis genes and polynucleotides useful for altering the phenotypic properties of plants. The inventors has also discovered methods of identifying the multigenic factors that contribute to a phenotype and for manipulating gene expression to affect a plant phenotype. These genes, which are derived from plants of commercially important forestry genera, pine and eucalyptus, are involved in the plant polysaccharide synthesis and are, at least in part, responsible for expression of phenotypic characteristics important in commercial wood, such as stiffness, strength, density, fiber dimensions, coarseness, cellulose and lignin content, and extractives content. Generally speaking, the genes and polynucleotides encode a protein which can be a cellulose synthase, a cellulose synthase-like protein, a glycosyltransferase or a polypeptide having the same function, and the invention further includes such proteins and polypeptides. 
     The methods of the present invention for selecting polysaccharide synthesis gene sequences to target for manipulation will permit better design and control of transgenic plants with more highly engineered phenotypes. The ability to control plant architecture and agronomically important traits in commercially important forestry species will be improved by the information obtained from the methods. 
     Unless indicated otherwise, all technical and scientific terms are used herein in a manner that conforms to common technical usage. Generally, the nomenclature of this description and the described laboratory procedures, including cell culture, molecular genetics, and nucleic acid chemistry and hybridization, respectively, are well known and commonly employed in the art. Standard techniques are used for recombinant nucleic acid methods, oligonucleotide synthesis, cell culture, tissue culture, transformation, transfection, transduction, analytical chemistry, organic synthetic chemistry, chemical syntheses, chemical analysis, and pharmaceutical formulation and delivery. Generally, enzymatic reactions and purification and/or isolation steps are performed according to the manufacturers&#39; specifications. Absent an indication to the contrary, the techniques and procedures in question are performed according to conventional methodology disclosed, for example, in Sambrook et al., M OLECULAR  C LONING  A L ABORATORY  M ANUAL,  2d ed. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989), and Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley &amp; Sons, 1989). Specific scientific methods relevant to the present invention are discussed in more detail below. However, this discussion is provided as an example only, and does not limit the manner in which the methods of the invention can be carried out. 
     A. Plant Polysaccharide Synthesis Genes and Proteins 
     1. Polysaccharide Synthesis Genes, Polynucleotide and Polypeptide Sequences 
     One aspect of the present invention relates to novel polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes. 
     The present invention provides novel plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polynucleotides and novel polysaccharide synthesis proteins and polypeptides. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the novel polysaccharide synthesis. genes are the same as those expressed in a wild-type plant of a species of  Pinus  or  Eucalyptus . Specific exemplary novel plant polysaccharide synthesis gene sequences of the invention are set forth in TABLE 1, which comprises  Eucalyptus grandis  sequences, and TABLE 2, which comprises  Pinus radiata  sequences. Corresponding gene products, i.e., oligonucleotides and polypeptides, are also listed in TABLE 3, TABLE 4, and TABLE 5. 
     The sequences of the invention have polysaccharide synthesis activity and encode proteins that are active in polysaccharide synthesis, such as proteins of the cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like families discussed above. As discussed in more detail below, manipulation of the expression of the polysaccharide synthesis genes and polynucleotides, or manipulation of the activity of the encoded proteins and polypeptides, can result in a transgenic plant with a desired phenotype that differs from the phenotype of a wild-type plant of the same species. 
     Throughout this description, reference is made to polysaccharide synthesis gene products. As used herein, a “polysaccharide synthesis gene product” is a product encoded by a polysaccharide synthesis gene, and includes both nucleotide products, such as RNA, and amino acid products, such as proteins and polypeptides. Examples of specific polysaccharide synthesis genes of the invention include SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. Examples of specific polysaccharide synthesis gene products of the invention include products encoded by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. Reference also is made herein to polysaccharide synthesis proteins and polysaccharide synthesis polypeptides. Examples of specific polysaccharide synthesis proteins and polypeptides of the invention include polypeptides encoded by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 or polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs: 30-58. One aspect of the invention is directed to a subset of these polysaccharide synthesis genes and polysaccharide synthesis gene products, namely SEQ ID 1-2, 7-14, 16-18, 20-21, 24-25, and 27-30, their respective conservative variants (as that term is defined below), and the nucleotide and amino acid products encoded thereby. 
     The present invention also includes sequences that are complements, reverse sequences, or reverse complements to the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein. 
     The present invention also includes conservative variants of the sequences disclosed herein. The term “variant,” as used herein, refers to a nucleotide or amino acid sequence that differs in one or more nucleotide bases or amino acid residues from the reference sequence of which it is a variant. 
     Thus, in one aspect, the invention includes conservative variant polynucleotides. As used herein, the term “conservative variant polynucleotide” refers to a polynucleotide that hybridizes under stringent conditions to an oligonucleotide probe that, under comparable conditions, binds to the reference gene the conservative variant is a variant of. Thus, for example, a conservative variant of SEQ ID NO: 1 hybridizes under stringent conditions to an oligonucleotide probe that, under comparable conditions, binds to SEQ ID NO: 1. For example, sequences are considered to hybridize when they form a double-stranded complex in a hybridization solution of 6×SSC, 0.5% SDS, 5×Denhardt&#39;s solution and 100 μg of non-specific carrier DNA. See Ausubel et al., section 2.9, supplement 27 (1994). “Moderate stringency” is defined as a temperature of 60° C. in a hybridization solution of 6×SSC, 0.5% SDS, 5×Denhardt&#39;s solution and 100 μg of non-specific carrier DNA. Id. “High stringency” hybridization conditions are, for example, 68° C. in a hybridization solution of 6×SSC, 0.5% SDS, 5×Denhardt&#39;s solution and 100 μg of non-specific carrier DNA. Id. Following the moderate stringency hybridization reaction, the nucleotides are washed in a solution of 2×SSC plus 0.05% SDS for five times at room temperature, with subsequent washes with 0.1×SSC plus 0.1% SDS at 60° C. for 1 h. 
     One aspect of the invention provides conservative variant polynucleotides that exhibit at least about 75% sequence identity to their respective reference sequences. “Sequence identity” has an art-recognized meaning and can be calculated using published techniques. See C OMPUTATIONAL  M OLECULAR  B IOLOGY , Lesk, ed. (Oxford University Press, 1988), B IOCOMPUTING : I NFORMATICS  A ND  G ENOME  P ROJECTS , Smith, ed. (Academic Press, 1993), C OMPUTER  A NALYSIS  O F  S EQUENCE  D ATA , P ART  I, Griffin &amp; Griffin, eds., (Humana Press, 1994), S EQUENCE  A NALYSIS  I N  M OLECULAR  B IOLOGY , Von Heinje ed., Academic Press (1987), S EQUENCE  A NALYSIS  P RIMER , Gribskov &amp; Devereux, eds. (Macmillan Stockton Press, 1991), Gish et al.,  J. Mol. Biol.  215: 403 (1990); Gish and States,  Nature Genet.  3: 266 (1993); Madden et al.,  Meth. Enzymol.  266:131 (1996); Altschul et al.,  Nucleic Acids Res.  25: 3389 (1997); and Zhang and Madden,  Genome Res.  7: 649-656 (1997), and Carillo and Lipton, SIAM  J. Applied Math.  48: 1073 (1988). Methods commonly employed to determine identity or similarity between two sequences include but are not limited to those disclosed in G UIDE  T O  H UGE  C OMPUTERS , Bishop, ed., (Academic Press, 1994) and Carillo &amp; Lipton, supra. 
     Methods to determine identity and similarity are codified in computer programs. Preferred computer program methods to determine identity and similarity between two sequences include but are not limited to the GCG program package (Devereux et al.,  Nucleic Acids Research  12: 387 (1984)), BLASTP, BLASTN, FASTA (Atschul et al.,  J. Mol. Biol.  215: 403 (1990)), and FASTDB (Brutlag et al.,  Comp. App. Biosci.  6: 237 (1990)). 
     The invention includes conservative variant polynucleotides having a sequence identity that is greater than or equal to 99%, 98%, 97%, 96%, 95%, 94%, 93%, 92%, 91%, 90%, 89%, 88%, 87%, 86%, 85%, 84%, 83%, 82%, 81%, 80%, 79%, 78%, 77%, 76%, 75%, 74%, 73%, 72%, 71%, 70%, 69%, 68%, 67%, 66%, 65%, 64%, 63%, 62%, 61%, or 60% to any one of 1-29. In such variants, differences between the variant and the reference sequence can occur at the 5′ or 3′ terminal positions of the reference nucleotide sequence or anywhere between those terminal positions, interspersed either individually among nucleotides in the reference sequence or in one or more contiguous groups within the reference sequence. 
     Additional conservative variant polynucleotides contemplated by and encompassed within the present invention include polynucleotides comprising sequences that differ from the polynucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 or complements, reverse complements or reverse sequences thereof, as a result of deletions and/or insertions totaling less than 30% of the total sequence length. In one embodiment, deletions and/or insertions total less than 20% or less than 10% of the total length. 
     The invention also includes conservative variant polynucleotides that, in addition to sharing a high degree of similarity in their primary structure (sequence) to SEQ ID NOs have at least one of the following features: (i) they contain an open reading frame or partial open reading frame encoding a polypeptide having substantially the same functional properties in polynucleotide synthesis as the polypeptide encoded by the reference polynucleotide, or (ii) they have nucleotide domains or encoded protein domains in common. The invention includes conservative variants of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 that encode proteins having the enzyme or biological activity or binding properties of the protein encoded by the reference polynucleotide. Such conservative variants are functional variants, in that they have the enzymatic or binding activity of the protein encoded by the reference polynucleotide. 
     In accordance with the invention, polynucleotide variants can include a “shuffled gene” such as those described in e.g. U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,500,639, 6,500,617, 6,436,675, 6,379,964, 6,352,859 6,335,198 6,326,204, and 6,287,862. A variant of a nucleotide sequence of the present invention also can be a polynucleotide modified as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,132,970, which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     In accordance with one embodiment, the invention provides a polynucleotide that encodes a polysaccharide synthesis protein such as cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like protein. SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 provide examples of such polynucleotides. 
     In accordance with another embodiment, a polynucleotide of the invention encodes the catalytic or protein binding domain of a polypeptide encoded by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 or of a polypeptide comprising any of SEQ ID NOs: 30-58. The catalytic and protein binding domains of the polysaccharide synthesis proteins of the invention are known in the art. The conserved sequences of these proteins are shown in  FIGS. 1-29  as underlined text. 
     The invention also encompasses as conservative variant polynucleotides that differ from the sequences discussed above but that, as a consequence of the degeneracy of the genetic code, encode a polypeptide which is the same as that encoded by a polynucleotide of the present invention. The invention also includes as conservative variants polynucleotides comprising sequences that differ from the polynucleotide sequences discussed above as a result of substitutions that do not affect the amino acid sequence of the encoded polypeptide sequence, or that result in conservative substitutions in the encoded polypeptide sequence. 
     The present invention also includes an isolated polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 or any of the conservative variants thereof discussed above. The invention also includes polypeptides comprising SEQ ID NOs: 30-58 and conservative variants of these polypeptides. 
     In accordance with the invention, a variant polypeptide or protein refers to an amino acid sequence that is altered by the addition, deletion or substitution of one or more amino acids. 
     The invention includes conservative variant polypeptides. As used herein, the term “conservative variant polypeptide” refers to a polypeptide that has similar structural, chemical or biological properties to the protein it is a conservative variant of. Guidance in determining which amino acid residues can be substituted, inserted, or deleted can be found using computer programs well known in the art such as Vector NTI Suite (InforMax, MD) software. In one embodiment of the invention, conservative variant polypeptides that exhibit at least about 75% sequence identity to their respective reference sequences. 
     Conservative variant protein includes an “isoform” or “analog” of the polypeptide. Polypeptide isoforms and analogs refers to proteins having the same physical and physiological properties and the same biological function, but whose amino acid sequences differs by one or more amino acids or whose sequence includes a non-natural amino acid. 
     Polypeptides comprising sequences that differ from the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 30-58 as a result of amino acid substitutions, insertions, and/or deletions totaling less than 10% of the total sequence length are contemplated by and encompassed within the present invention. 
     One aspect of the invention provides conservative variant polypeptides function in polysaccharide synthesis, as determined by one or more appropriate assays, such as those described below. The invention includes variant polypeptides which are cellulose synthase or cellulose synthase-like proteins, such as those capable of converting an activated glucose into a cellulose polymer and those genes that encode a peptide having the biological activity of glycosyltransferase. As discussed above, the invention includes variant polynucleotides that encode polypeptides that function as polysaccharide synthesis proteins. 
     The activities and physical properties of polysaccharide synthesis proteins can be examined using any method known in the art. The following examples of assay methods are not exhaustive and are included to provide some guidance in examining the activity and distinguishing protein characteristics of polysaccharide synthesis protein variants. 
     Cellulose synthase activity can be assessed as described in, for example, Blanton et al,  Planta  180:324 (1990) and Blanton,  Development  119:703 (1993). 
     Gycosyltransferase activity can be examined as described in, for example, Stults et al.,  Anal. Biochem.  174: 151 (1988), Stults et al.,  Arch. Biochem. Biophys.  280:20-26. (1990), Stults and Macher,  Arch. Biochem. Biophys.  303: 125 (1993), 4) Crawley et al.,  Anal. Biochem.  185:112 (1990), and Yan et al.,  Anal. Biochem.  223: 111 (1994). 
     2. Methods of Using Polysaccharide Synthesis Genes, Polynucleotide and Polypeptide Sequences 
     The present invention provides methods of using polysaccharide synthesis genes and conservative variants thereof. The invention includes methods and constructs for altering expression of cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like genes and/or gene products for purposes including, but not limited to (i) investigating function during polysaccharide synthesis and ultimate effect on plant phenotype and (ii) to effect a change in plant phenotype. For example, the invention includes methods and tools for modifying wood quality, fiber development, cell wall polysaccharide content, fruit ripening, and plant growth and yield by altering expression of one or more polysaccharide synthesis genes. 
     The invention comprises methods of altering the expression of any of the polysaccharide synthesis genes and variants discussed above. Thus, for example, the invention comprises altering expression of a polysaccharide synthesis gene present in the genome of a wild-type plant of a species of  Eucalyptus  or  Pinus . In one embodiment, the polysaccharide synthesis gene comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 sequences or the conservative variants thereof, as discussed above. 
     Techniques which can be employed in accordance with the present invention to alter gene expression, include, but are not limited to: (i) over-expressing a gene product, (ii) disrupting a gene&#39;s transcript, such as disrupting a gene&#39;s mRNA transcript; (iii) disrupting the function of a polypeptide encoded by a gene, or (iv) disrupting the gene itself. Over-expression of a gene product, the use of antisense RNAs, ribozymes, and the use of double-stranded RNA interference (dsRNAi) are valuable techniques for discovering the functional effects of a gene and for generating plants with a phenotype that is different from a wild-type plant of the same species. 
     Over-expression of a target gene often is accomplished by cloning the gene or cDNA into an expression vector and introducing the vector into recipient cells. Alternatively, over-expression can be accomplished by introducing exogenous promoters into cells to drive expression of genes residing in the genome. The effect of over-expression of a given gene on cell function, biochemical and/or physiological properties can then be evaluated by comparing plants transformed to over-express the gene to plants that have not been transformed to over-express the gene. 
     Antisense RNA, ribozyme, and dsRNAi technologies typically target RNA transcripts of genes, usually mRNA. Antisense RNA technology involves expressing in, or introducing into, a cell an RNA molecule (or RNA derivative) that is complementary to, or antisense to, sequences found in a particular mRNA in a cell. By associating with the mRNA, the antisense RNA can inhibit translation of the encoded gene product. The use of antisense technology to reduce or inhibit the expression of specific plant genes has been described, for example in European Patent Publication No. 271988, Smith et al.,  Nature,  334:724-726 (1988); Smith et. al.,  Plant Mol. Biol.,  14:369-379 (1990)). 
     A ribozyme is an RNA that has both a catalytic domain and a sequence that is complementary to a particular mRNA. The ribozyme functions by associating with the mRNA (through the complementary domain of the ribozyme) and then cleaving (degrading) the message using the catalytic domain. 
     RNA interference (RNAi) involves a post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) regulatory process, in which the steady-state level of a specific mRNA is reduced by sequence-specific degradation of the transcribed, usually fully processed mRNA without an alteration in the rate of de novo transcription of the target gene itself. The RNAi technique is discussed, for example, in Elibashir, et al.,  Methods Enzymol.  26: 199 (2002); McManus &amp; Sharp,  Nature Rev. Genetics  3: 737 (2002); PCT application WO 01/75164; Martinez et al.,  Cell  110: 563 (2002); Elbashir et al., supra; Lagos-Quintana et al.,  Curr. Biol.  12: 735 (2002); Tuschl et al., Nature Biotechnol. 20:446 (2002); Tuschl,  Chembiochem.  2: 239 (2001); Harborth et al.,  J. Cell Sci.  114: 4557 (2001); et al.,  EMBO J.  20:6877 (2001); Lagos-Quintana et al.,  Science.  294: 8538 (2001); Hutvagner et al.,  loc cit,  834; Elbashir et al.,  Nature.  411: 494 (2001). 
     The present invention provides a DNA construct comprising at least one polynucleotide of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 or conservative variants thereof, such as the conservative variants discussed above. Any method known in the art can be used to generate the DNA constructs of the present invention. See, e.g. Sambrook et al., supra. 
     The invention includes DNA constructs that optionally comprise a promoter. Any suitable promoter known in the art can be used. A promoter is a nucleic acid, preferably DNA, that binds RNA polymerase and/or other transcription regulatory elements. As with any promoter, the promoters of the invention facilitate or control the transcription of DNA or RNA to generate an mRNA molecule from a nucleic acid molecule that is operably linked to the promoter. The RNA can encode a protein or polypeptide or can encode an antisense RNA molecule or a molecule useful in RNAi. Promoters useful in the invention include constitutive promoters, inducible promoters, temporally regulated promoters and tissue-preferred promoters. 
     Examples of useful constitutive plant promoters include: the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter, which confers constitutive, high-level expression in most plant tissues (Odel et al.  Nature  313:810 (1985)); the nopaline synthase promoter (An et al.  Plant Physiol.  88:547 (1988)); and the octopine synthase promoter (Fromm et al.,  Plant Cell  1: 977 (1989)). It should be noted that, although the CaMV 35S promoter is commonly referred to as a constitutive promoter, some tissue preference can be seen. The use of CaMV 35S is envisioned by the present invention, regardless of any tissue preference which may be exhibited during use in the present invention. 
     Inducible promoters regulate gene expression in response to environmental, hormonal, or chemical signals. Examples of hormone inducible promoters include auxin-inducible promoters (Baumann et al.  Plant Cell  11:323-334 (1999)), cytokinin-inducible promoters (Guevara-Garcia,  Plant Mol. Biol.  38:743-753 (1998)), and gibberellin-responsive promoters (Shi et al.  Plant Mol. Biol.  38:1053-1060 (1998)). Additionally, promoters responsive to heat, light, wounding, pathogen resistance, and chemicals such as methyl jasmonate or salicylic acid, can be used in the DNA constructs and methods of the present invention. 
     Tissue-preferred promoters allow for preferred expression of polynucleotides of the invention in certain plant tissue. Tissue-preferred promoters are also useful for directing the expression of antisense RNA or siRNA in certain plant tissues, which can be useful for inhibiting or completely blocking the expression of targeted genes as discussed above. As used herein, vascular plant tissue refers to xylem, phloem or vascular cambium tissue. Other preferred tissue includes apical meristem, root, seed, and flower. In one aspect, the tissue-preferred promoters of the invention are either “xylem-preferred,” “cambium-preferred” or “phloem-preferred,” and preferentially direct expression of an operably linked nucleic acid sequence in the xylem, cambium or phloem, respectively. In another aspect, the DNA constructs of the invention comprise promoters that are tissue-specific for xylem, cambium or phloem, wherein the promoters are only active in the xylem, cambium or phloem. 
     A vascular-preferred promoter is preferentially active in any of the xylem, phloem or cambium tissues, or in at least two of the three tissue types. A vascular-specific promoter is specifically active in any of the xylem, phloem or cambium, or in at least two of the three. In other words, the promoters are only active in the xylem, cambium or phloem tissue of plants. Note, however, that because of solute transport in plants, a product that is specifically or preferentially expressed in a tissue may be found elsewhere in the plant after expression has occurred. 
     Additionally, the promoters of particular polysaccharide synthesis genes may be expressed only within the cambium in developing secondary vasculature. Within the cambium, particular polysaccharide synthesis gene promoters may be expressed exclusively in the stem or in the root. Moreover, the polysaccharide synthesis promoters may be expressed only in the spring (for early wood formation) or only in the summer. 
     A promoter may be operably linked to the polynucleotide. As used in this context, operably linked refers to linking a polynucleotide encoding a structural gene to a promoter such that the promoter controls transcription of the structural gene. If the desired polynucleotide comprises a sequence encoding a protein product, the coding region can be operably linked to regulatory elements, such as to a promoter and a terminator, that bring about expression of an associated messenger RNA transcript and/or a protein product encoded by the desired polynucleotide. In this instance, the polynucleotide is operably linked in the 5′- to 3′-orientation to a promoter and, optionally, a terminator sequence. 
     Alternatively, the invention provides DNA constructs comprising a polynucleotide in an “antisense” orientation, the transcription of which produces nucleic acids that can form secondary structures that affect expression of an endogenous polysaccharide synthesis gene in the plant cell. In another variation, the DNA construct may comprise a polynucleotide that yields a double-stranded RNA product upon transcription that initiates RNA interference of a polysaccharide synthesis gene with which the polynucleotide is associated. A polynucleotide of the present invention can be positioned within a t-DNA, such that the left and right t-DNA border sequences flank or are on either side of the polynucleotide. 
     It should be understood that the invention includes DNA constructs comprising one or more of any of the polynucleotides discussed above. Thus, for example, a construct may comprise a t-DNA comprising one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, or more polynucleotides. 
     The invention also includes DNA constructs comprising a promoter that includes one or more regulatory elements. Alternatively, the invention includes DNA constructs comprising a regulatory element that is separate from a promoter. Regulatory elements confer a number of important characteristics upon a promoter region. Some elements bind transcription factors that enhance the rate of transcription of the operably linked nucleic acid. Other elements bind repressors that inhibit transcription activity. The effect of transcription factors on promoter activity can determine whether the promoter activity is high or low, i.e. whether the promoter is “strong” or “weak.” 
     A DNA construct of the invention can include a nucleotide sequence that serves as a selectable marker useful in identifying and selecting transformed plant cells or plants. Examples of such markers include, but are not limited to, a neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) gene (Potrykus et al.,  Mol. Gen. Genet.  199:183-188 (1985)), which confers kanamycin resistance. Cells expressing the nptII gene can be selected using an appropriate antibiotic such as kanamycin or G418. Other commonly used selectable markers include a mutant EPSP synthase gene (Hinchee et al.,  Bio/Technology  6:915-922 (1988)), which confers glyphosate resistance; and a mutant acetolactate synthase gene (ALS), which confers imidazolinone or sulphonylurea resistance (European Patent Application No. 154,204). 
     The present invention also includes vectors comprising the DNA constructs discussed above. The vectors can include an origin of replication (replicons) for a particular host cell. Various prokaryotic replicons are known to those skilled in the art, and function to direct autonomous replication and maintenance of a recombinant molecule in a prokaryotic host cell. 
     For example, pMON530 is an  Agrobacterium -based plant transformation vector for use in transformation of dicotyledonous plants is plasmid vector (Rogers et al. “Improved vectors for plant transformation: expression cassette vectors and new selectable markers,” in M ETHODS IN  E NZYMOLOGY . Ed. R. Wu and L. Grossman. p 253-277. San Diego: Academic Press). Another useful plasmid is pMON530, a derivative of pMON505, prepared by transferring the 2.3 kb Stul-HindIII fragment of pMON316 into pMON526. Plasmid pMON526 is a simple derivative of pMON505 in which the SmaI site is removed by digestion with XmaI, treatment with Klenow polymerase and ligation. Plasmid pMON530 retains all the properties of pMON505 and the CaMV35S-NOS expression cassette, but contains a unique cleavage site for SmaI between the promoter and polyadenylation signal. 
     Binary vector pMON505 is a derivative of pMON200 (Rogers et al., supra,) in which the Ti plasmid homology region, LIH, is replaced with a 3.8 kb HindIII to SmaI segment of the mini RK2 plasmid, pTJS75 (Schmidhauser and Helinski. (1985)  J. Bacteriol.  164-155). This segment contains the RK2 origin of replication, oriV, and the origin of transfer, oriT, for conjugation into  Agrobacterium  using the tri-parental mating procedure. Horsch and Klee.,  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.,  83:4428 (1986). Plasmid pMON505 retains all the important features of pMON200 including the synthetic multi-linker for insertion of desired DNA fragments, the chimeric NOS/NPTII′/NOS gene for kanamycin resistance in plant cells, the spectinomycin/streptomycin resistance determinant for selection in  E. coli  and  A. tumefaciens , an intact nopaline synthase gene for facile scoring of transformants and inheritance in progeny, and a pBR322 origin of replication for ease in making large amounts of the vector in  E. coli . Plasmid pMON505 contains a single T-DNA border derived from the right end of the pTiT37 nopaline-type T-DNA. Southern blot analyses demonstrate that plasmid pMON505 and any DNA that it carries are integrated into the plant genome, that is, the entire plasmid is the T-DNA that is inserted into the plant genome. One end of the integrated DNA is located between the right border sequence and the nopaline synthase gene and the other end is between the border sequence and the pBR322 sequences. 
     A particularly useful Ti plasmid cassette vector is pMON17227. This vector is described in WO 92/04449 and contains a gene encoding an enzyme conferring glyphosate resistance (denominated CP4), which is an excellent selection marker gene for many plants, including potato and tomato. The gene is fused to the  Arabidopsis  EPSPS chloroplast transit peptide (CTP2), and expression is driven by the promoter of choice. 
     In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes a pWVR8 vector as shown in  FIG. 30  or pART27 as described in Gleave,  Plant Mol. Biol.,  20:1203-27 (1992) and shown in  FIG. 31 . 
     The invention also provides host cells which are transformed with the DNA constructs of the invention. As used herein, a host cell refers to the cell in which a polynucleotide of the invention is expressed. Accordingly, a host cell can be an individual cell, a cell culture or cells that are part of an organism. The host cell can also be a portion of an embryo, endosperm, sperm or egg cell, or a fertilized egg. In one embodiment, the host cell is a plant cell. 
     The present invention further provides transgenic plants comprising the DNA constructs of the invention. The invention includes transgenic plants that are angiosperms or gymnosperms. The DNA constructs of the present invention can be used to transform a variety of plants, both monocotyledonous (e.g. grasses, corn, grains, oat, wheat and barley), dicotyledonous (e.g.,  Arabidopsis , tobacco, legumes, alfalfa, oaks, eucalyptus, maple), and Gymnosperms (e.g., Scots pine; see Aronen, Finnish Forest Res. Papers, Vol. 595, 1996), white spruce (Ellis et al.,  Biotechnology  11:84-89, 1993), and larch (Huang et al.,  In Vitro Cell  27:201-207, 1991). 
     The plants also include turfgrass, wheat, maize, rice, sugar beet, potato, tomato, lettuce, carrot, strawberry, cassaya, sweet potato, geranium, soybean, and various types of woody plants. Woody plants include trees such as palm oak, pine, maple, fir, apple, fig, plum and acacia. Woody plants also include rose and grape vines. 
     In one embodiment, the DNA constructs of the invention are used to transform woody plants, i.e., trees or shrubs whose stems live for a number of years and increase in diameter each year by the addition of woody tissue. The invention includes methods of transforming plants including eucalyptus and pine species of significance in the commercial forestry industry such as plants selected from the group consisting of  Eucalyptus grandis  and its hybrids, and  Pinus taeda , as well as the transformed plants and wood and wood pulp derived therefrom. Other examples of suitable plants include those selected from the group consisting of  Pinus banksiana, Pinus brutia, Pinus caribaea, Pinus clausa, Pinus contorta, Pinus coulteri, Pinus echinata, Pinus eldarica, Pinus ellioti, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus massoniana, Pinus monticola, Pinus nigra, Pinus palustris, Pinus pinaster, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus radiata, Pinus resinosa, Pinus rigida, Pinus serotina, Pinus strobus, Pinus sylvestris, Pinus taeda, Pinus virginiana, Abies amabilis, Abies balsamea, Abies concolor, Abies grandis, Abies lasiocarpa, Abies magnifica, Abies procera, Chamaecyparis lawsoniona, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Juniperus virginiana, Larix decidua, Larix laricina, Larix leptolepis, Larix occidentalis, Larix siberica, Libocedrus decurrens, Picea abies, Picea engelmanni, Picea glauca, Picea mariana, Picea pungens, Picea rubens, Picea sitchensis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia sempervirens, Taxodium distichum, Tsuga canadensis, Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Thuja occidentalis, Thuja plicata, Eucalyptus alba, Eucalyptus bancroftii, Eucalyptus botryoides, Eucalyptus bridgesiana, Eucalyptus calophylla, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus citriodora, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, Eucalyptus coccifera, Eucalyptus curtisii, Eucalyptus dalrympleana, Eucalyptus deglupta, Eucalyptus delagatensis, Eucalyptus diversicolor, Eucalyptus dunnii, Eucalyptus ficifolia, Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus gomphocephala, Eucalyptus gunnii, Eucalyptus henryi, Eucalyptus laevopinea, Eucalyptus macarthurii, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, Eucalyptus maculata, Eucalyptus marginata, Eucalyptus megacarpa, Eucalyptus melliodora, Eucalyptus nicholii, Eucalyptus nitens, Eucalyptus nova-angelica, Eucalyptus obliqua, Eucalyptus occidentalis, Eucalyptus obtusiflora, Eucalyptus oreades, Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus polybractea, Eucalyptus regnans, Eucalyptus resinifera, Eucalyptus robusta, Eucalyptus rudis, Eucalyptus saligna, Eucalyptus sideroxylon, Eucalyptus stuartiana, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Eucalyptus torelliana, Eucalyptus urnigera, Eucalyptus urophylla, Eucalyptus viminalis, Eucalyptus viridis, Eucalyptus wandoo , and  Eucalyptus youmanni.    
     As used herein, the term “plant” also is intended to include the fruit, seeds, flower, strobilus, etc. of the plant. A transformed plant of the current invention can be a direct transfectant, meaning that the DNA construct was introduced directly into the plant, such as through  Agrobacterium , or the plant can be the progeny of a transfected plant. The second or subsequent generation plant can be produced by sexual reproduction, i.e., fertilization. Furthermore, the plant can be a gametophyte (haploid stage) or a sporophyte (diploid stage). 
     As used herein, the term “plant tissue” encompasses any portion of a plant, including plant cells. Plant cells include suspension cultures, callus, embryos, meristematic regions, callus tissue, leaves, roots, shoots, gametophytes, sporophytes, pollen, seeds and microspores. Plant tissues can be grown in liquid or solid culture, or in soil or suitable media in pots, greenhouses or fields. As used herein, “plant tissue” also refers to a clone of a plant, seed, progeny, or propagule, whether generated sexually or asexually, and descendents of any of these, such as cuttings or seeds. 
     In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a transgenic plant that has been transformed with a DNA construct of the invention has a phenotype that is different from a plant that has not been transformed with the DNA construct. 
     As used herein, “phenotype” refers to a distinguishing feature or characteristic of a plant which can be altered according to the present invention by integrating one or more DNA constructs of the invention into the genome of at least one plant cell of a plant. The DNA construct can confer a change in the phenotype of a transformed plant by modifying any one or more of a number of genetic, molecular, biochemical, physiological, morphological, or agronomic characteristics or properties of the transformed plant cell or plant as a whole. 
     For example, cellulose synthase-like proteins have been shown to be involved in plant growth. (Favery et al.,  Genes Dev.  15:79 (2001)). Therefore, plant cell growth can be modulated by altering the levels of polysaccharides in a plant by changing the expression of one or more polysaccharide synthesis genes. Plant cell growth is accomplished through loosening of the plant cell wall and expansion due to the turgor pressure of the plant cell. The relationship between the looseness of the plant cell wall and the turgor pressure of the cell is such that looser cell walls require less turgor pressure to expand, while stronger cell walls require more turgor pressure to expand. In this manner, the polynucleotides of the invention can be used to modulate the levels of polysaccharide synthesis and thus to mediate plant growth. 
     Similarly, under conditions of drought or stress, there is a decrease in both turgor pressure of a plant cell and polysaccharide synthesis. Ray,  Curr. Topics in Plant Biochem . &amp;  Phys.  11:18-41 (1992). Thus, the interplay between low turgor pressure and the strength of the cell wall prevents or slows growth. Thus, increasing polysaccharides synthesis by altering polysaccharide gene expression would allow the plant cell wall to loosen and allow growth in conditions resulting in decreased turgor pressure, such as drought conditions. Furthermore, the use of stress-responsive promoters would allow regulated expression of the polysaccharide synthases of the invention (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,891,859; U.S. Pat. No. 5,929,305; U.S. Pat. No. 5,965,705; U.S. Pat. No. 5,892,009). 
     In one embodiment, transformation of a plant with a DNA construct of the present invention can yield a phenotype including, but not limited to any one or more of increased drought tolerance, herbicide resistance, reduced or increased height, reduced or increased branching, enhanced cold and frost tolerance, improved vigor, enhanced color, enhanced health and nutritional characteristics, improved storage, enhanced yield, enhanced salt tolerance, enhanced resistance of the wood to decay, enhanced resistance to fungal diseases, altered attractiveness to insect pests, increased disease tolerance, increased insect tolerance, increased water-stress tolerance, improved texture, increased germination, increased micronutrient uptake, production of novel resins, and production of novel proteins or peptides. 
     In another embodiment, the affected phenotype includes one or more of the following traits: propensity to form reaction wood, a reduced period of juvenility, an increased period of juvenility, self-abscising branches, accelerated reproductive development or delayed reproductive development, as compared to a plant of the same species that has not been transformed with the DNA construct. 
     In a further embodiment, the phenotype that is different in the transgenic plant includes one or more of the following: lignin quality, lignin structure, wood composition, wood appearance, wood density, wood strength, wood stiffness, cellulose polymerization, fiber dimensions, lumen size, proportion of rays, proportion of vessel elements, other plant components, plant cell division, plant cell development, number of cells per unit area, cell size, cell shape, cell wall composition, rate of wood formation, aesthetic appearance of wood, formation of stem defects, average microfibril angle, width of the S2 cell wall layer, rate of growth, rate of root formation ratio of root to branch vegetative development, leaf area index, and leaf shape. 
     Phenotype can be assessed by any suitable means. The plants can be evaluated based on their general morphology. Transgenic plants can be observed with the naked eye, can be weighed and their height measured. The plant can be examined by isolating individual layers of plant tissue, namely phloem and cambium, which is further sectioned into meristematic cells, early expansion, late expansion, secondary wall formation, and late cell maturation. See, e.g., Hertzberg, supra. The plants also can be assessed using microscopic analysis or chemical analysis. 
     Microscopic analysis includes examining cell types, stage of development, and stain uptake by tissues and cells. Fiber morphology, such as fiber wall thickness and microfibril angle of wood pulp fibers can be observed using, for example, microscopic transmission ellipsometry. See Ye and Sundström,  Tappi J.,  80:181 (1997). Wood strength, density, and grain slope in wet wood and standing trees can be determined by measuring the visible and near infrared spectral data in conjunction with multivariate analysis. See, U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2002/0107644 and 2002/0113212. Lumen size can be measured using scanning electron microscopy. Lignin structure and chemical properties can be observed using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy as described in Marita et al.,  J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans.  12939 (2001). 
     The biochemical characteristic of lignin, cellulose, carbohydrates and other plant extracts can be evaluated by any standard analytical method known including spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectroscopy, HPLC, mass spectroscopy, and tissue staining methods. 
     As used herein, “transformation” refers to a process by which a nucleic acid is inserted into the genome of a plant cell. Such insertion encompasses stable introduction into the plant cell and transmission to progeny. Transformation also refers to transient insertion of a nucleic acid, wherein the resulting transformant transiently expresses the nucleic acid. Transformation can occur under natural or artificial conditions using various methods well known in the art. See, e.g., Glick and Thompson, eds., M ETHODS IN  P LANT  M OLECULAR  B IOLOGY , CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. (1993)). Transformation can be achieved by any known method for the insertion of nucleic acid sequences into a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cell, including  Agrobacterium -mediated transformation protocols (see, e.g., Horsch et al.,  Science,  227:1229-31 (1985), viral infection, whiskers, electroporation (see, e.g., Rhodes et al.,  Science  240(4849):204-207 (1988), microinjection, polyethylene glycol-treatment (see, e.g., Lyznik et al.,  Plant Mol. Biol.  13:151-161 (1989), heat shock, lipofection, and particle bombardment (see, e.g., Klein et al.,  Plant Physiol.  91:440-444 (1989) and Boynton et al.,  Science  240(4858):1534-1538 (1988)). Transformation can also be accomplished using chloroplast transformation as described in e.g. Svab et al.,  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.  87:8526-30 (1990). 
     Plant transformation strategies are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,159,135 (cotton), 5,981,840 (corn), 5,914,451 (soybean), and WO 00/12715 (eucalyptus), which are incorporated by reference in their entirety. Additional plant transformation strategies and techniques are reviewed in Birch, R. G.,  Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol.  48:297 (1997) and Forester et al.,  Exp. Agric.  33:15-33 (1997), and are incorporated by reference in their entirety 
     Methods for transforming tree species are well known in the art. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, genotype-independent transformation of  Eucalyptus  explants and generation of transgenic progeny can be accomplished by transformation using  Agrobacterium . A tree explant can be, although need not be, harvested and cultured on a pre-culture medium before transformation. Although a pre-culture medium is not necessary, use of such a medium can increase transformation efficiency and plant regeneration. A pre-culture medium is a nutrient medium upon which plant explants can be cultured before transformation with  Agrobacterium . Any pre-culture media and time periods of culture can be used. The pre-culture medium contains an  Agrobacterium  inducer, such as acetosyringone. The pre-culture medium can optionally contain plant growth regulators, including auxin and cytokinin. Pre-culture medium can be prepared using and appropriate salt medium, including, but not limited to Woody Plant Medium (WPM) salts (Lloyd and McCown,  Combined Proceedings of the International Plant Propagators Society,  30:421-427,1980), Murashige and Skoog medium (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.) or Lepoivre medium. The pre-culture medium can contain  Agrobacterium  inducers, such as, for example acetosyringone. Optionally, pre-culture medium can contain auxin, cytokinin, or both auxin and cytokinin. An exemplary plant pre-culture medium is shown below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
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     In this transformation method, plant explants can be pre-cultured for four days in the dark on the pre-culture medium. Induced  Agrobacterium  culture can be prepared by methods known in the art. The induced culture is applied to a plant explant. Explants can be transformed by application of  Agrobacterim  culture to the explant, vacuum infiltration, floral dip, etc. Following transformation,  Agrobacterium  culture-treated explants can be co-cultivated with  Agrobacterium  under light or dark conditions for 2-10 days. In one embodiment, the explants are co-cultivated with  Agrobacterium  under light or dark conditions for 4 days. 
     Following co-cultivation, explants can be transferred to regeneration medium with 400 mg/L TIMENTIN®. Explants can be cultured on regeneration medium before transfer to a selection medium. In one embodiment, explants are cultured on regeneration medium for four days. Any suitable selection medium can be used. In one embodiment, the selection medium is the regeneration medium supplemented with both TIMENTIN® and an herbicide selection agent. The table below provides an exemplary regeneration medium 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
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     Shoot clumps that survive selection are maintained on regeneration medium containing herbicide and TIMENTIN®. The shoot clumps can be transferred until shoots proliferate and initially elongate. In one embodiment, the shoot clumps are transferred every 3 weeks. 
     Any reporter gene can be used, such as, for example, GFP, luciferase, or GUS. 
     In one embodiment, GUS staining can performed to monitor the frequency of  Agrobacterium  infection and to ensure that the selected shoots are not escapes or chimeras. Leaf and stem tissues from the regenerated shoots can be stained for reporter gene expression immediately upon shoot development. For example, to determine GUS activity, the explants can be incubated in a substrate comprising 100 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), 0.05% dimethyl suphoxide, 0.05% Triton X-100, 10 mM EDTA, 0.5 mM potassium ferrocyanide, and 1.5 mg/ml 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-glucuronide (X-gluc). The explants can then be subjected to 10 minutes of vacuum before an overnight incubation at 37° C. prior to counting GUS foci. 
     In accordance with another embodiment, transformation of  Pinus  is accomplished using the methods described in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0100083. 
     Another aspect of the invention provides methods of obtaining wood and/or making wood pulp from a plant transformed with a DNA construct of the invention. Methods of producing a transgenic plant are provided above and are known in the art. A transformed plant can be cultured or grown under any suitable conditions. For example, pine can be cultured and grown as described in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0100083.  Eucalyptus  can be cultured and grown as in, for example, Rydelius, et al., “Growing Eucalyptus for Pulp and Energy,” presented at the Mechanization in Short Rotation, Intensive Culture Forestry Conference, Mobile, Ala., 1994. Wood and wood pulp can be obtained from the plant by any means known in the art. 
     As noted above, the wood or wood pulp obtained in accordance with this invention may demonstrate improved characteristics including, but not limited to any one or more of lignin composition, lignin structure, wood composition, cellulose polymerization, fiber dimensions, ratio of fibers to other plant components, plant cell division, plant cell development, number of cells per unit area, cell size, cell shape, cell wall composition, rate of wood formation, aesthetic appearance of wood, formation of stem defects, rate of growth, rate of root formation ratio of root to branch vegetative development, leaf area index, and leaf shape include increased or decreased lignin content, increased accessibility of lignin to chemical treatments, improved reactivity of lignin, increased or decreased cellulose content increased dimensional stability, increased tensile strength, increased shear strength, increased compression strength, increased shock resistance, increased stiffness, increased or decreased hardness, decreased spirality, decreased shrinkage, and differences in weight, density, and specific gravity. 
     B. Expression Profiling of Polysaccharide Synthesis Genes 
     The present invention also provides methods and tools for performing expression profiling of polysaccharide synthesis genes. Expression profiling is useful in determining whether genes are transcribed or translated, comparing transcript levels for particular genes in different tissues, genotyping, estimating DNA copy number, determining identity of descent, measuring mRNA decay rates, identifying protein binding sites, determining subcellular localization of gene products, correlating gene expression to a phenotype or other phenomenon, and determining the effect on other genes of the manipulation of a particular gene. Expression profiling is particularly useful for identifying gene expression in complex, multigenic events. For this reason, expression profiling is useful in correlating polysaccharide synthesis gene expression to plant phenotype and formation of plant tissues and the interconnection thereof to the polysaccharide biosynthesis. 
     Only a small fraction of a plant&#39;s polysaccharide synthesis genes are expressed at a given time in a given tissue sample, and all of the expressed genes may not affect the plant phenotype. To identify genes capable of affecting a phenotype of interest, the present invention provides methods and tools for determining, for example, a polysaccharide synthesis gene expression profile at a given point in plant development and a polysaccharide synthesis gene expression profile a given tissue sample. The invention also provides methods and tools for identifying polysaccharide synthesis genes whose expression can be manipulated to alter plant phenotype. In support of these methods, the invention also provides methods and tools that distinguish expression of different genes of the same family, such as cellulose synthases or cellulose synthase-like proteins. 
     As used herein, “gene expression” refers to the process of transcription of a DNA sequence into an RNA sequence, followed by translation of the RNA into a protein, which may or may not undergo post-translational processing. Thus, the relationship between plant phenotype and polysaccharide synthesis gene expression can be observed by detecting, quantitatively or qualitatively, changes in the level of an RNA or a protein. As used herein, the term “biological activity” includes, but is not limited to, the activity of a protein gene product, including enzyme activity, such as, for example, glycosyltransferase activity. 
     The present invention provides oligonucleotides that are useful in these expression profiling methods. Each oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing under a given set of conditions to a polysaccharide synthesis gene or gene product. In one aspect of the invention, a plurality of oligonucleotides is provided, wherein each oligonucleotide hybridizes under a given set of conditions to a different polysaccharide synthesis gene product. Examples of oligonucleotides of the present invention include SEQ ID NOs: 59-83. Each of the oligos of SEQ ID NOs 59-83 hybridizes under standard conditions to a different gene product of one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. The oligonucleotides of the invention are useful in determining the expression of one or more polysaccharide synthesis genes in any of the above-described methods. 
     1. Cell, Tissue, Nucleic Acid, and Protein Samples 
     Samples for use in methods of the present invention may be derived from plant tissue. Suitable plant tissues include, but are not limited to, somatic embryos, pollen, leaves, stems, calli, stolons, microtubers, shoots, xylem, male strolbili, pollen cones, vascular tissue, apical meristem, vascular cambium, xylem, root, flower, and seed. 
     According to the present invention “plant tissue” is used as described previously herein. Plant tissue can be obtained from any of the plants types or species described supra. 
     In accordance with one aspect of the invention, samples can be obtained from plant tissue at different developmental stages, from plant tissue at various times of the year (e.g. spring versus summer), from plant tissues subject to different environmental conditions (e.g. variations in light and temperature) and/or from different types of plant tissue and cells. In accordance with one embodiment, plant tissue is obtained during various stages of maturity and during different seasons of the year. In a further embodiment, plant tissue is obtained from plants displaying different phenotypes. For example, plant tissue can be collected from stem dividing cells, differentiating xylem, early developing wood cells, differentiated early wood cells, and differentiated late wood cells. As another example, gene expression in a sample obtained from a plant with developing wood can be compared to gene expression in a sample obtained from a plant which does not have developing wood. As a further example, gene expression in a sample obtained from a plant displaying a reaction wood phenotype can be compared to gene expression in a sample obtained from a plant which does not have reaction wood. 
     Differentiating xylem includes samples obtained from reaction wood. Reaction wood includes compression wood, side-wood, and normal vertical xylem. Methods of obtaining samples for expression profiling from pine and eucalyptus are known. See, e.g., Allona et al.,  Proc. Nat&#39;l Acad. Sci.  95:9693-8 (1998) and Whetton et al.,  Plant Mol. Biol.  47:275-91, and Kirst et al., Int&#39;l Union of Forestry Research Organizations Biennial Conference, S6.8 (June 2003, Umea, Sweden). 
     In one embodiment of the invention, gene expression in one type of tissue is compared to gene expression in a different type of tissue or to gene expression in the same type of tissue in a difference stage of development. Gene expression can also be compared in one type of tissue which is sampled at various times during the year (different seasons). For example, gene expression in juvenile secondary xylem can be compared to gene expression in mature secondary xylem. Similarly, gene expression in cambium can be compared to gene expression in xylem. Furthermore, gene expression in apical meristems can be compared to gene expression in cambium. 
     In another embodiment of the invention, a sample is obtained from a plant having a specific phenotype and gene expression in that sample is compared to a sample obtained from a plant of the same species that does not have that phenotype. For example, a sample can be obtained from a plant exhibiting a fast rate of growth and gene expression can be compared with that of a sample obtained from a plant exhibiting a normal or slow rate of growth. Differentially expressed genes identified from such a comparison can be correlated with growth rate and, therefore, useful for manipulating growth rate. 
     In a further embodiment, a sample is obtained from clonally propagated plants. In one embodiment the clonally propagated plants are of the species  Pinus  or  Eucalyptus . Individual ramets from the same genotype can be sacrificed at different times of year. Thus, for any genotype there can be at least two genetically identical trees sacrificed, early in the season and late in the season. Each of these trees can be divided into juvenile (top) to mature (bottom) samples. Further, tissue samples can be divided into, for example, phloem to xylem, in at least 5 layers of peeling. Each of these samples can be evaluated for phenotype and gene expression. See  FIG. 32 . 
     Where cellular components may interfere with an analytical technique, such as a hybridization assay, enzyme assay, a ligand binding assay, or a biological activity assay, it may be desirable to isolate the gene products from such cellular components. Gene products, including nucleic acid and amino acid gene products, can be isolated from cell fragments or lysates by any method known in the art. 
     Nucleic acids used in accordance with the invention can be prepared by any available method or process, or by other processes as they become known in the art. Conventional techniques for isolating nucleic acids are detailed, for example, in Tijssen, L ABORATORY  T ECHNIQUES IN  B IOCHEMISTRY AND  M OLECULAR  B IOLOGY , Hybridization With Nucleic Acid Probes, chapter 3 (Elsevier Press, 1993), Berger and Kimmel,  Methods Enzymol.  152:1 (1987), and Gibco BRL &amp; Life Technologies Trizol RNA Isolation Protocol, Form No. 3786 (2000). Techniques for preparing nucleic acid samples, and sequencing polynucleotides from pine and eucalyptus are known. See, e.g., Allona et al., supra and Whetton et al., supra. 
     A suitable nucleic acid sample can contain any type of nucleic acid derived from the transcript of a polysaccharide synthesis gene, i.e., RNA or a subsequence thereof or a nucleic acid for which an mRNA transcribed from a polysaccharide synthesis gene served as a template. Suitable nucleic acids include cDNA reverse-transcribed from a transcript, RNA transcribed from that cDNA, DNA amplified from the cDNA, and RNA transcribed from the amplified DNA. Detection of such products or derived products is indicative of the presence and/or abundance of the transcript in the sample. Thus, suitable samples include, but are not limited to, transcripts of the gene or genes, cDNA reverse-transcribed from the transcript, cRNA transcribed from the cDNA, DNA amplified from the genes, and RNA transcribed from amplified DNA. As used herein, the category of “transcripts” includes but is not limited to pre-mRNA nascent transcripts, transcript processing intermediates, and mature mRNAs and degradation products thereof. 
     It is not necessary to monitor all types of transcripts to practice the invention. For example, the expression profiling methods of the invention can be conducted by detecting only one type of transcript, such as mature mRNA levels only. 
     In one aspect of the invention, a chromosomal DNA or cDNA library (comprising, for example, fluorescently labeled cDNA synthesized from total cell mRNA) is prepared for use in hybridization methods according to recognized methods in the art. See Sambrook et al., supra. 
     In another aspect of the invention, mRNA is amplified using, e.g., the MessageAmp kit (Ambion). In a further aspect, the mRNA is labeled with a detectable label. For example, mRNA can be labeled with a fluorescent chromophore, such as CyDye (Amersham Biosciences). 
     In some applications, it may be desirable to inhibit or destroy RNase that often is present in homogenates or lysates, before use in hybridization techniques. Methods of inhibiting or destroying nucleases are well known. In one embodiment of the invention, cells or tissues are homogenized in the presence of chaotropic agents to inhibit nuclease. In another embodiment, RNase is inhibited or destroyed by heat treatment, followed by proteinase treatment. 
     Protein samples can be obtained by any means known in the art. Protein samples useful in the methods of the invention include crude cell lysates and crude tissue homogenates. Alternatively, protein samples can be purified. Various methods of protein purification well known in the art can be found in Marshak et al., S TRATEGIES FOR  P ROTEIN  P URIFICATION AND  C HARACTERIZATION : A L ABORATORY  C OURSE  M ANUAL  (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 1996). 
     2. Detecting Level of Gene Expression 
     For methods of the invention that comprise detecting a level of gene expression, any method for observing gene expression can be used, without limitation. Such methods include traditional nucleic acid hybridization techniques, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based methods, and protein determination. The invention includes detection methods that use solid support-based assay formats as well as those that use solution-based assay formats. 
     Absolute measurements of the expression levels need not be made, although they can be made. The invention includes methods comprising comparisons of differences in expression levels between samples. Comparison of expression levels can be done visually or manually, or can be automated and done by a machine, using for example optical detection means. Subrahmanyam et al.,  Blood.  97: 2457 (2001); Prashar et al.,  Methods Enzymol.  303: 258 (1999). Hardware and software for analyzing differential expression of genes are available, and can be used in practicing the present invention. See, e.g., GenStat Software and GeneExpress® GX Explorer™ Training Manual, supra; Baxevanis &amp; Francis-Ouellette, supra. 
     In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, nucleic acid hybridization techniques are used to observe gene expression. Exemplary hybridization techniques include Northern blotting, Southern blotting, solution hybridization, and 51 nuclease protection assays. 
     Nucleic acid hybridization typically involves contacting an oligonucleotide probe and a sample comprising nucleic acids under conditions where the probe can form stable hybrid duplexes with its complementary nucleic acid through complementary base pairing. For example, see PCT application WO 99/32660; Berger &amp; Kimmel,  Methods Enzymol.  152: 1 (1987). The nucleic acids that do not form hybrid duplexes are then washed away leaving the hybridized nucleic acids to be detected, typically through detection of an attached detectable label. The detectable label can be present on the probe, or on the nucleic acid sample. In one embodiment, the nucleic acids of the sample are detectably labeled polynucleotides representing the mRNA transcripts present in a plant tissue (e.g., a cDNA library). Detectable labels are commonly radioactive or fluorescent labels, but any label capable of detection can be used. Labels can be incorporated by several approached described, for instance, in WO 99/32660, supra. In one aspect RNA can be amplified using the MessageAmp kit (Ambion) with the addition of aminoallyl-UTP as well as free UTP. The aminoallyl groups incorporated into the amplified RNA can be reacted with a fluorescent chromophore, such as CyDye (Amersham Biosciences) 
     Duplexes of nucleic acids are destabilized by increasing the temperature or decreasing the salt concentration of the buffer containing the nucleic acids. Under low stringency conditions (e.g., low temperature and/or high salt) hybrid duplexes (e.g., DNA:DNA, RNA:RNA or RNA:DNA) will form even where the annealed sequences are not perfectly complementary. Thus, specificity of hybridization is reduced at lower stringency. Conversely, at higher stringency (e.g., higher temperature and/or lower salt and/or in the presence of destabilizing reagents) hybridization tolerates fewer mismatches. 
     Typically, stringent conditions for short probes (e.g., 10 to 50 nucleotide bases) will be those in which the salt concentration is at least about 0.01 to 1.0 M at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and the temperature is at least about 30° C. Stringent conditions can also be achieved with the addition of destabilizing agents such as formamide. 
     Under some circumstances, it can be desirable to perform hybridization at conditions of low stringency, e.g., 6×SSPE-T (0.9 M NaCl, 60 mM NaH 2 PO 4 , pH 7.6, 6 mM EDTA, 0.005% Triton) at 37° C., to ensure hybridization. Subsequent washes can then be performed at higher stringency (e.g., 1×SSPE-T at 37° C.) to eliminate mismatched hybrid duplexes. Successive washes can be performed at increasingly higher stringency (e.g., down to as low as 0.25×SSPE-T at 37° C. to 50° C.) until a desired level of hybridization specificity is obtained. 
     In general, standard conditions for hybridization is a compromise between stringency (hybridization specificity) and signal intensity. Thus, in one embodiment of the invention, the hybridized nucleic acids are washed at successively higher stringency conditions and read between each wash. Analysis of the data sets produced in this manner will reveal a wash stringency above which the hybridization pattern is not appreciably altered and which provides adequate signal for the particular oligonucleotide probes of interest. For example, the final wash may be selected as that of the highest stringency that produces consistent results and that provides a signal intensity greater than approximately 10% of the background intensity. 
     a. Oligonucleotide Probes 
     Oligonucleotide probes useful in nucleic acid hybridization techniques employed in the present invention are capable of binding to a nucleic acid of complementary sequence through one or more types of chemical bonds, usually through complementary base pairing via hydrogen bond formation. A probe can include natural bases (i.e., A, G, U, C or T) or modified bases (7-deazaguanosine, inosine, etc.). In addition, the nucleotide bases in the probes can be joined by a linkage other than a phosphodiester bond, so long as it does not interfere with hybridization. Thus, probes can be peptide nucleic acids in which the constituent bases are joined by peptide bonds rather than phosphodiester linkages. 
     Oligonucleotide probes can be prepared by any means known in the art. Probes useful in the present invention are capable of hybridizing to a nucleotide product of a polysaccharide synthesis gene, such as one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. Probes useful in the invention can be generated using the nucleotide sequences disclosed in SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. The invention includes oligonucleotide probes having at least a 2, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, or 100 nucleotide fragment of a corresponding contiguous sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. The invention includes oligonucleotides of less than 2, 1, 0.5, 0.1, or 0.05 kb in length. In one embodiment, the oligonucleotide is 60 nucleotides in length. 
     Oligonucleotide probes can be designed by any means known in the art. See, e.g., Li and Stormo,  Bioinformatics  17: 1067-76 (2001). Oligonucleotide probe design can be effected using software. Exemplary software includes ArrayDesigner, GENESCAN®, and ProbeSelect. Probes complementary to a defined nucleic acid sequence can be synthesized chemically, generated from longer nucleotides using restriction enzymes, or can be obtained using techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR methods are well known and are described, for example, in Innis et al. eds., PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications, Academic Press Inc. San Diego, Calif. (1990). The probes can be labeled, for example, with a radioactive, biotinylated, or fluorescent tag. Optimally, the nucleic acids in the sample are labeled and the probes are not labeled. Oligonucleotide probes generated by the above methods can be used in solution or solid support-based methods. 
     The invention includes oligonucleotide probes that hybridize to a product of the coding region or a 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) of a polysaccharide synthesis gene. In one embodiment, the oligonucleotide probe hybridizes to the 3′UTR of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. The 3′ UTR is generally a unique region of the gene, even among members of the same family. Therefore, the probes capable of hybridizing to a product of the 3′ UTR can be useful for differentiating the expression of individual genes within a family where the coding region of the genes likely are highly homologous. This allows for the design of oligonucleotide probes to be used as members of a plurality of oligonucleotides, each capable of uniquely binding to a single gene. In another embodiment, the oligonucleotide probe comprises any one of SEQ ID NOs: 59-83. In another embodiment, the oligonucleotide probe consists of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. 
     b. Oligonucleotide Array Methods 
     One embodiment of the invention employs two or more oligonucleotide probes in combination to detect a level of expression of one or more polysaccharide synthesis genes, such as the genes of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. In one aspect of this embodiment, the level of expression of two or more different genes is detected. The two or more genes may be from the same or different polysaccharide synthesis gene families discussed above. Each of the two or more oligonucleotides may hybridize to a different one of the genes. 
     One embodiment of the invention employs two or more oligonucleotide probes, each of which specifically hybridize to a polynucleotide derived from the transcript of a gene provided by SEQ ID NOs: 1-29. Another embodiment employs two or more oligonucleotide probes, at least one of which comprises a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 59-83. Another embodiment employs two or more oligonucleotide probes, at least one of which consists of SEQ ID NOs: 59-83. 
     The oligonucleotide probes may comprise from about 5 to about 60, or from about 5 to about 500, nucleotide bases, such as from about 60 to about 100 nucleotide bases, including from about 15 to about 60 nucleotide bases. 
     One embodiment of the invention uses solid support-based oligonucleotide hybridization methods to detect gene expression. Solid support-based methods suitable for practicing the present invention are widely known and are described, for example, in PCT application WO 95/11755; Huber et al.,  Anal. Biochem.  299: 24 (2001); Meiyanto et al., Biotechniques. 31: 406 (2001); Relogio et al.,  Nucleic Acids Res.  30:e51 (2002). Any solid surface to which oligonucleotides can be bound, covalently or non-covalently, can be used. Such solid supports include filters, polyvinyl chloride dishes, silicon or glass based chips, etc. 
     One embodiment uses oligonucleotide arrays, i.e. microarrays, which can be used to simultaneously observe the expression of a number of genes or gene products. Oligonucleotide arrays comprise two or more oligonucleotide probes provided on a solid support, wherein each probe occupies a unique location on the support. The location of each probe may be predetermined, such that detection of a detectable signal at a given location is indicative of hybridization to an oligonucleotide probe of a known identity. Each predetermined location can contain more than one molecule of a probe, but each molecule within the predetermined location has an identical sequence. Such predetermined locations are termed features. There can be, for example, from 2, 10, 100, 1,000, 2,000 or 5,000 or more of such features on a single solid support. In one embodiment, each oligonucleotide is located at a unique position on an array at least 2, at least 3, at least 4, at least 5, at least 6, or at least 10 times. 
     Oligonucleotide probe arrays for detecting gene expression can be made and used according to conventional techniques described, for example, in Lockhart et al., Nat&#39;l Biotech. 14: 1675 (1996), McGall et al.,  Proc. Nat&#39;l Acad. Sci. USA  93: 13555 (1996), and Hughes et al.,  Nature Biotechnol.  19:342 (2001). A variety of oligonucleotide array designs is suitable for the practice of this invention. 
     In one embodiment the one or more oligonucleotides include a plurality of oligonucleotides that each hybridize to a different gene expressed in a particular tissue type. For example, the tissue can be developing wood. In one embodiment, a nucleic acid sample obtained from a plant can be amplified and, optionally labeled with a detectable label. Any method of nucleic acid amplification and any detectable label suitable for such purpose can be used. For example, amplification reactions can be performed using, e.g. Ambion&#39;s MessageAmp, which creates “antisense” RNA or “aRNA” (complementary in nucleic acid sequence to the RNA extracted from the sample tissue). The RNA can optionally be labeled using CyDye fluorescent labels. During the amplification step, aaUTP is incorporated into the resulting aRNA. The CyDye fluorescent labels are coupled to the aaUTPs in a non-enzymatic reaction. Subsequent to the amplification and labeling steps, labeled amplified antisense RNAs are precipitated and washed with appropriate buffer, and then assayed for purity. For example, purity can be assay using a NANODROP® spectrophotometer. The nucleic acid sample is then contacted with an oligonucleotide array having, attached to a solid substrate (a “microarray slide”), oligonucleotide sample probes capable of hybridizing to nucleic acids of interest which may be present in the sample. The step of contacting is performed under conditions where hybridization can occur between the nucleic acids of interest and the oligonucleotide probes present on the array. The array is then washed to remove non-specifically bound nucleic acids and the signals from the labeled molecules that remain hybridized to oligonucleotide probes on the solid substrate are detected. 
     The step of detection can be accomplished using any method appropriate to the type of label used. For example, the step of detecting can accomplished using a laser scanner and detector. For example, on can use and Axon scanner which optionally uses GenePix Pro software to analyze the position of the signal on the microarray slide. 
     Data from one or more microarray slides can analyzed by any appropriate method known in the art. 
     Oligonucleotide probes used in the methods of the present invention, including microarray techniques, can be generated using PCR. PCR primers used in generating the probes are chosen, for example, based on the sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29, to result in amplification of unique fragments of the polysaccharide synthesis genes (i.e., fragments that hybridize to only one polynucleotide of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 under standard hybridization conditions). Computer programs are useful in the design of primers with the required specificity and optimal hybridization properties. For example, Li and Stormo, supra at 1075, discuss a method of probe selection using ProbeSelect which selects an optimum oligonucleotide probe based on the entire gene sequence as well as other gene sequences to be probed at the same time. 
     In one embodiment, oligonucleotide control probes also are used. Exemplary control probes can fall into at least one of three categories referred to herein as (1) normalization controls, (2) expression level controls and (3) negative controls. In microarray methods, one or more of these control probes may be provided on the array with the inventive polysaccharide synthesis gene-related oligonucleotides. 
     Normalization controls correct for dye biases, tissue biases, dust, slide irregularities, malformed slide spots, etc. Normalization controls are oligonucleotide or other nucleic acid probes that are complementary to labeled reference oligonucleotides or other nucleic acid sequences that are added to the nucleic acid sample to be screened. The signals obtained from the normalization controls, after hybridization, provide a control for variations in hybridization conditions, label intensity, reading efficiency and other factors that can cause the signal of a perfect hybridization to vary between arrays. In one embodiment, signals (e.g., fluorescence intensity or radioactivity) read from all other probes used in the method are divided by the signal from the control probes, thereby normalizing the measurements. 
     Virtually any probe can serve as a normalization control. Hybridization efficiency varies, however, with base composition and probe length. Preferred normalization probes are selected to reflect the average length of the other probes being used, but they also can be selected to cover a range of lengths. Further, the normalization control(s) can be selected to reflect the average base composition of the other probes being used. In one embodiment, only one or a few normalization probes are used, and they are selected such that they hybridize well (i.e., without forming secondary structures) and do not match any test probes. In one embodiment, the normalization controls are mammalian genes. 
     Expression level controls probes hybridize specifically with constitutively expressed genes present in the biological sample. Virtually any constitutively expressed gene provides a suitable target for expression level control probes. Typically, expression level control probes have sequences complementary to subsequences of constitutively expressed “housekeeping genes” including, but not limited to certain photosynthesis genes. 
     “Negative control” probes are not complementary to any of the test oligonucleotides (i.e., the inventive polysaccharide synthesis gene-related oligonucleotides), normalization controls, or expression controls. In one embodiment, the negative control is a mammalian gene which is not complementary to any other sequence in the sample. 
     The terms “background” and “background signal intensity” refer to hybridization signals resulting from non-specific binding or other interactions between the labeled target nucleic acids (i.e., mRNA present in the biological sample) and components of the oligonucleotide array. Background signals also can be produced by intrinsic fluorescence of the array components themselves. 
     A single background signal can be calculated for the entire array, or a different background signal can be calculated for each target nucleic acid. In a one embodiment, background is calculated as the average hybridization signal intensity for the lowest 5 to 10 percent of the oligonucleotide probes being used, or, where a different background signal is calculated for each target gene, for the lowest 5 to 10 percent of the probes for each gene. Where the oligonucleotide probes corresponding to a particular polysaccharide synthesis gene hybridize well and, hence, appear to bind specifically to a target sequence, they should not be used in a background signal calculation. Alternatively, background can be calculated as the average hybridization signal intensity produced by hybridization to probes that are not complementary to any sequence found in the sample (e.g., probes directed to nucleic acids of the opposite sense or to genes not found in the sample). In microarray methods, background can be calculated as the average signal intensity produced by regions of the array that lack any oligonucleotides probes at all. 
     c. PCR-Based Methods 
     In another embodiment, PCR-based methods are used to detect gene expression. These methods include reverse-transcriptase-mediated polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) including real-time and endpoint quantitative reverse-transcriptase-mediated polymerase chain reaction (Q-RTPCR). These methods are well known in the art. For example, methods of quantitative PCR can be carried out using kits and methods that are commercially available from, for example, Applied BioSystems and Stratagene®. See also Kochanowski, Q UANTITATIVE PCR P   ROTOCOLS  (Humana Press, 1999); Innis et al., supra.; Vandesompele et al.,  Genome Biol.  3: RESEARCH0034 (2002); Stein,  Cell Mol. Life. Sci.  59: 1235 (2002). 
     Gene expression can also be observed in solution using Q-RTPCR. Q-RTPCR relies on detection of a fluorescent signal produced proportionally during amplification of a PCR product. See Innis et al., supra. Like the traditional PCR method, this technique employs PCR oligonucleotide primers, typically 15-30 bases long, that hybridize to opposite strands and regions flanking the DNA region of interest. Additionally, a probe (e.g., TaqMan®, Applied Biosystems) is designed to hybridize to the target sequence between the forward and reverse primers traditionally used in the PCR technique. The probe is labeled at the 5′ end with a reporter fluorophore, such as 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-FAM) and a quencher fluorophore like 6-carboxy-tetramethyl-rhodamine (TAMRA). As long as the probe is intact, fluorescent energy transfer occurs which results in the absorbance of the fluorescence emission of the reporter fluorophore by the quenching fluorophore. As Taq polymerase extends the primer, however, the intrinsic 5′ to 3′ nuclease activity of Taq degrades the probe, releasing the reporter fluorophore. The increase in the fluorescence signal detected during the amplification cycle is proportional to the amount of product generated in each cycle. 
     The forward and reverse amplification primers and internal hybridization probe is designed to hybridize specifically and uniquely with one nucleotide derived from the transcript of a target gene. In one embodiment, the selection criteria for primer and probe sequences incorporates constraints regarding nucleotide content and size to accommodate TaqMan® requirements. 
     SYBR Green® can be used as a probe-less Q-RTPCR alternative to the Taqman®-type assay, discussed above. ABI Prism® 7900 Sequence Detection System User Guide Applied Biosystems, chap. 1-8, App. A-F. (2002). 
     A device measures changes in fluorescence emission intensity during PCR amplification. The measurement is done in “real time,” that is, as the amplification product accumulates in the reaction. Other methods can be used to measure changes in fluorescence resulting from probe digestion. For example, fluorescence polarization can distinguish between large and small molecules based on molecular tumbling (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,593,867). 
     d. Protein Detection Methods 
     Proteins can be observed by any means known in the art, including immunological methods, enzyme assays and protein array/proteomics techniques. 
     Measurement of the translational state can be performed according to several protein methods. For example, whole genome monitoring of protein—the “proteome”—can be carried out by constructing a microarray in which binding sites comprise immobilized, preferably monoclonal, antibodies specific to a plurality of proteins having an amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs: 30-48 or proteins encoded by the genes of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29 or conservative variants thereof. See Wildt et al.,  Nature Biotechnol.  18: 989 (2000). Methods for making polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are well known, as described, for instance, in Harlow &amp; Lane, A NTIBODIES : A L ABORATORY  M ANUAL  (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1988). 
     Alternatively, proteins can be separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis systems. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis is well-known in the art and typically involves isoelectric focusing along a first dimension followed by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis along a second dimension. See, e.g., Hames et al, G EL  E LECTROPHORESIS OF  P ROTEINS : A P RACTICAL  A PPROACH  (IRL Press, 1990). The resulting electropherograms can be analyzed by numerous techniques, including mass spectrometric techniques, western blotting and immunoblot analysis using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, and internal and N-terminal micro-sequencing. 
     3. Correlating Gene Expression to Phenotype and Tissue Development 
     As discussed above, the invention provides methods and tools to correlate gene expression to plant phenotype. Gene expression may be examined in a plant having a phenotype of interest and compared to a plant that does not have the phenotype or has a different phenotype. Such a phenotype includes, but is not limited to, increased drought tolerance, herbicide resistance, reduced or increased height, reduced or increased branching, enhanced cold and frost tolerance, improved vigor, enhanced color, enhanced health and nutritional characteristics, improved storage, enhanced yield, enhanced salt tolerance, enhanced resistance of the wood to decay, enhanced resistance to fungal diseases, altered attractiveness to insect pests, increased disease tolerance, increased insect tolerance, increased water-stress tolerance, improved texture, increased germination, increased micronutrient uptake, production of novel resins, increased cellulose content, decreased lignin content and production of novel proteins or peptides. 
     In another embodiment, the phenotype includes one or more of the following traits: propensity to form reaction wood, a reduced period of juvenility, an increased period of juvenility, self-abscising branches, accelerated reproductive development or delayed reproductive development. 
     In a further embodiment, the phenotype that is differs in the plants compares includes one or more of the following: lignin quality, lignin structure, wood composition, wood appearance, wood density, wood strength, wood stiffness, cellulose polymerization, fiber dimensions, lumen size, proportion of rays, proportion of vessel elements, other plant components, plant cell division, plant cell development, number of cells per unit area, cell size, cell shape, cell wall composition, rate of wood formation, aesthetic appearance of wood, formation of stem defects, average microfibril angle, width of the S2 cell wall layer, rate of growth, rate of root formation ratio of root to branch vegetative development, leaf area index, and leaf shape. Phenotype can be assessed by any suitable means as discussed above, such as, for example Hertzberg, supra, Ye and Sundström, supra, U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2002/0107644 and 2002/0113212, Marita et al., supra. 
     It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the methods and compositions of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. 
     The following examples are given to illustrate the present invention. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific conditions or details described in these examples. Throughout the specification, any and all references to a publicly available document, including a U.S. patent, are specifically incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
     EXAMPLES 
     Example 1 
     Example 1 demonstrates how cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like genes are isolated and characterized in  E. grandis  and  P. radiata.    
     Total RNA was extracted from plant tissue (using the protocol of Chang et al.,  Plant Mol. Biol. Rep.  11:113-116 (1993). Plant tissue samples were obtained from phloem (P), cambium (C), expanding xylem (X1), and differentiating and lignifying xylem (X2). 
     mRNA was isolated from the total RNA preparation using either a Poly(A) Quik mRNA Isolation Kit (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) or DYNABEADS® Oligo (dT)25 (Dynal, Skogen, Norway). cDNA expression libraries were constructed from the purified mRNA by reverse transcriptase synthesis followed by insertion of the resulting cDNA clones in Lambda ZAP using a ZAP Express cDNA Synthesis Kit (Stratagene), according to the using the manufacturer&#39;s protocol. The resulting cDNAs were packaged using a GIGAPACK II® Packaging Extract (Stratagene) using an aliquot (1-5 μL) from the 5 μL ligation reaction dependent upon the library. Mass excision of the library was done using XL1-Blue MRF′ cells and XLOLR cells (Stratagene) with ExAssist helper phage (Stratagene). The excised phagemids were diluted with NZY broth (Gibco BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.) and plated out onto LB-kanamycin agar plates containing X-gal and isopropylthio-beta-galactoside (IPTG). 
     Of the colonies plated and selected for DNA miniprep, 99% contained an insert suitable for sequencing. Positive colonies were cultured in NZY broth with kanamycin and cDNA was purified by means of alkaline lysis and polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation. Agarose gel at 1% was used to screen sequencing templates for chromosomal contamination. Dye primer sequences were prepared using a Turbo Catalyst 800 machine (Perkin Elmer/Applied Biosystems Division, Foster City, Calif.) according to the manufacturer&#39;s protocol. 
     DNA sequence for positive clones was obtained using a Perkin Elmer/Applied Biosystems Division Prism 377 sequencer. cDNA clones were sequenced first from the 5′ end and, in some cases, also from the 3′ end. For some clones, internal sequence was obtained using either Exonuclease III deletion analysis, yielding a library of differentially sized subclones in pBK-CMV, or by direct sequencing using gene-specific primers designed to identified regions of the gene of interest. The determined cDNA sequences are provided in SEQ ID NOS: 1-29. The predicted polypeptide sequences are SEQ ID NOs: 30-58. 
     To identify the cellulose synthase (Ces) and cellulose synthase-like (Csl) candidates in  P. radiata  and  E. grandis  databases, the cDNA sequences were compared to the  Arabidopsis  cellulose synthase superfamily. Richmond and Somerville,  Plant Physiol.  124:495 (2000). 
     Next, public domain sequences (by SWISS-PROT/TrEMBL ID&#39;s) were used to search against the pine and eucalyptus databases (non-redundant by contig, expect &lt;1.0e −2 ). 80 hits for pine and 82 hits for eucalyptus were obtained. Of these hits, 26 pine and 15 eucalyptus were potentially full length (i.e. contained start Met) or near full length sequences. 
     The contig consensus DNA and protein sequences were then obtained for all 162 hits, and duplicate sequences were identified. A multiple alignment was then carried out with the protein sequences. The protein alignment was created using the remaining 29 pine and eucalyptus sequences along with the  Arabidopsis  members, and 2 callose synthases and 2 cellulases. From the protein alignment, a dendogram was created. This dendogram grouped the sequence hits with the ces family or the csl family. These sequences were analyzed by primer walking to provide a full length sequence (best HT pick from the contig analyzed for full length sequence). 
     The public domain cellulose synthase sequences from maize, cotton, rice, and poplar were also extracted and blasted against the pine and eucalyptus databases. The completed primer walked pine and eucalyptus sequences were also blasted against ownseq and the top 500 hits were taken. This was done so that the sequences could be used to search further and ensure that nothing in the pine and eucalyptus databases had been missed by using the  Arabidopsis  superfamily. This search resulted in an additional 4 sequences which were not found in the previous searches. These sequences were then also sent for primer walked full length sequence. 
     After removing a small number of additional duplicates after primer walking, 30 pine and eucalyptus primer walked cellulose synthase superfamily members were identified. The classification of these sequences as CES or CSL was confirmed by alignment with ClustalX, the corresponding dendogram, and MEME/MAST analysis. 
     Example 2 
     To identify additional sequence 5′ or 3′ of a partial cDNA sequence in a cDNA library, 5′ and 3′ rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was performed. using the SMART RACE cDNA amplification kit (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif.). Generally, the method entailed first isolating poly(A) mRNA, performing first and second strand cDNA synthesis to generate double stranded cDNA, blunting cDNA ends, and then ligating of the SMART RACE. Adaptor to the cDNA to form a library of adaptor-ligated ds cDNA. Gene-specific primers were designed to be used along with adaptor specific primers for both 5′ and 3′ RACE reactions. Using 5′ and 3′ RACE reactions, 5′ and 3′ RACE fragments were obtained, sequenced, and cloned. The process may be repeated until 5′ and 3′ ends of the full-length gene were identified. A full-length cDNA may generated by PCR using primers specific to 5′ and 3′ ends of the gene by end-to-end PCR. 
     For example, to amplify the missing 5′ region of a gene from first-strand cDNA, a primer was designed 5′→3′ from the opposite strand of the template sequence, and from the region between ˜100-200 bp of the template sequence. A successful amplification should give an overlap of ˜100 bp of DNA sequence between the 5′ end of the template and PCR product. 
     RNA was extracted from four pine tissues, namely seedling, xylem, phloem and structural root using the Concert Reagent Protocol (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) and standard isolation and extraction procedures. The resulting RNA was then treated with DNase, using 10U/μl DNase I (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland). For 100 μg of RNA, 9 μl 10×DNase buffer (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.), 10 μl of Roche DNase 1 and 90 μl of Rnase-free water was used. The RNA was then incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes and 1/10 volume 25 mM EDTA is added. A RNEASY® mini kit (Qiagen, Venlo, The Netherlands) was used for RNA purification according to manufacturer&#39;s protocol. 
     To synthesize cDNA, the extracted RNA from xylem, phloem, seedling and root was used and the SMART RACE cDNA amplification kit (Clontech Laboratories Inc, Palo Alto, Calif.) was followed according to manufacturer&#39;s protocol. For the RACE PCR, the cDNA from the four tissue types was combined. The master mix for PCR was created by combining equal volumes of cDNA from xylem, phloem, root and seedling tissues. PCR reactions were performed in 96 well PCR plates, with 1 μl of primer from primer dilution plate (10 mM) to corresponding well positions. 49 μl of master mix is aliquoted into the PCR plate with primers. Thermal cycling commenced on a GENEAMP® 9700 (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.) at the following parameters: 
     94° C. (5 sec), 
     72° C. (3 min), 5 cycles; 
     94° C. (5 sec), 
     70° C. (10 sec), 
     72° C. (3 min), 5 cycles; 
     94° C. (5 sec), 
     68° C. (10 sec), 
     72° C. (3 min), 25 cycles. 
     cDNA was separated on an agarose gel following standard procedures. Gel fragments were excised and eluted from the gel by using the Qiagen QIAGEN® 96-well Gel Elution kit, following the manufacturer&#39;s instructions. 
     PCR products were ligated into pGEMTeasy (Promega, Madison, Wis.) in a 96 well plate overnight according to the following specifications: 60-80 ng of DNA, 5 μl 2× rapid ligation buffer, 0.5 μl pGEMT easy vector, 0.1 μl DNA ligase, filled to 10 μl with water, and incubated overnight. 
     Each clone was transformed into  E. coli  following standard procedures and DNA was extracted from 12 clones picked by following standard protocols. DNA extraction and the DNA quality was verified on an 1% agarose gel. The presence of the correct size insert in each of the clones was determined by restriction digests, using the restriction endonuclease EcoRI, and gel electrophoresis, following standard laboratory procedures. 
     The transformation of  Eucalyptus  elite clones with a sense UDP-glucose binding domain sequence operably-linked to a constitutive promoter confers an enhanced growth phenotype, as evidenced by increases in cellulose synthesis, primary cell wall synthesis, wood density, and tensile strength. Leaf explants are harvested from stock  Eucalyptus  plants and the explants are cultured on a pre-treatment medium. The pre-culture medium comprises auxin, cytokinin, and an  Agrobacterium  inducer, such as acetosyringone, to stimulate cell division along the excised edges of the tissue explant. Following four days of pre-culture, the explants are inoculated with  Agrobacterium  strain GV2260 containing a plasmid bearing a portion of the UDP-glucose binding domain operably linked to a ubiquitin promoter. The explants are co-cultivated for 3 days prior to transfer to Euc Regeneration medium. The explants are cultured on Euc Regeneration medium for 4 days before transfer to selection medium containing an herbicide. 
     Following the selection of herbicide-resistant transformants, the transformants are assayed for GUS expression. Upon the confirmation of GUS expression, shoots are harvested and transferred to a rooting medium. The rooting medium comprises BTM-1 salts supplemented with 5 g/l MeadWestvaco Nuchar activated carbon, and rooting development usually occurs after 2-4 weeks. Upon development of the primary root system, the transformed plants are transferred to soil. The transgenic Eucalyptus plants carrying any one of SEQ ID NOs. 1-29 operably linked to a ubiquitin promoter exhibit enhanced growth. 
     Example 3 
     Example 3 illustrates a procedure for RNA extraction and purification, which is particularly useful for RNA obtained from conifer needle, xylem, cambium, and phloem. 
     Tissue is obtained from conifer needle, xylem, cambium or phloem. The tissue is frozen in liquid nitrogen and ground. The total RNA is extracted using Concert Plant RNA reagent (Invitrogen). The resulting RNA sample is extracted into phenol:chloroform and treated with DNase. The RNA is then incubated at 65° C. for 2 minutes followed by centrifugation at 4° C. for 30 minutes. Following centrifugation, the RNA is extracted into phenol at least 10 times to remove contaminants. 
     The RNA is further cleaned using RNEASY® columns (QIAGEN®). The purified RNA is quantified using RIBOGREEN® reagent (Molecular Probes) and purity assessed by gel electrophoresis. 
     RNA is then amplified using MessageAmp (Ambion). Aminoallyl-UTP and free UTP are added to the in vitro transcription of the purified RNA at a ratio of 4:1 aminoallyl-UTP-to-UTP. The aminoallyl-UTP is incorporated into the new RNA strand as it is transcribed. The amino-allyl group is then reacted with Cy dyes to attach the colorimetric label to the resulting amplified RNA using the Amersham procedure modified for use with RNA. Unincorporated dye is removed by ethanol precipitation. The labeled RNA is quantified spectrophotometrically (NANODROP®). The labeled RNA is fragmented by heating to 95° C. as described in Hughes et al.,  Nature Biotechnol.  19:342 (2001). 
     Example 4 
     Example 4 illustrates how cellulose synthase or cellulose synthase-like genes important for wood development in  P. radiata  can be determined and how oligonucleotides which uniquely bind to those genes can be designed and synthesized for use on a microarray. 
     Pine trees of the species  P. radiata  are grown under natural light conditions. Tissue samples are prepared as described in, e.g., Sterky et al.,  Proc. Nat&#39;l Acad. Sci.  95:13330 (1998). Specifically, tissue samples are collected from woody trees having a height of 5 meters. Tissue samples of the woody trees are prepared by taking tangential sections through the cambial region of the stem. The stems are sectioned horizontally into sections ranging from juvenile (top) to mature (bottom). The stem sections separated by stage of development are further separated into 5 layers by peeling into sections of phloem, differentiating phloem, cambium, differentiating xylem, developing xylem, and mature xylem. Tissue samples, including leaves, buds, shoots, and roots are also prepared from seedlings of the species  P. radiata.    
     RNA is isolated and ESTs generated as described in Example 1 or Sterky et al., supra. The nucleic acid sequences of ESTs derived from samples containing developing wood are compared with nucleic acid sequences of genes known to be involved in polysaccharide synthesis. ESTs from samples that do not contain developing wood are also compared with sequences of genes known to be involved in the plant cell cycle. An in silico hybridization analysis is performed using BLAST (NCBI). TABLES 6 and 7, below, show in silico hybridization data for cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like proteins in  E. grandis  (TABLE 6) and  P. radiata  (TABLE 7). 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 6 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 In silico hybridization data for  E. grandis   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 Total 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 SEQ 
                 Cons 
                 number 
                 reproductive 
                 reproductive 
                 vegetative 
               
               
                 ID 
                 ID 
                 of ESTs 
                 tissues 
                 buds 
                 buds 
                 fruit 
                 leaf 
                 phloem 
                 cambium 
                 xylem 
                 stem 
                 root 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 14 
                 eucalyptus 
                 4 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.82 
                 0.17 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Spp_017462 
               
               
                 5 
                 eucalyptus 
                 8 
                   
                   
                 0.08 
                   
                   
                 0.06 
                   
                   
                   
                 0.24 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_005009 
               
               
                 18 
                 eucalyptus 
                 9 
                 2.73 
                 2.90 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_023490 
               
               
                 10 
                 eucalyptus 
                 17 
                 0.33 
                 0.24 
                   
                 1.00 
                 0.17 
                 0.06 
                 3.43 
                 0.13 
                   
                 0.08 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_016249 
               
               
                 16 
                 eucalyptus 
                 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.38 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_017722 
               
               
                 3 
                 eucalyptus 
                 7 
                   
                 1.45 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.19 
                 1.56 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_003922 
               
               
                 8 
                 eucalyptus 
                 64 
                 0.68 
                   
                   
                   
                 0.17 
                   
                 0.37 
                 17.48 
                   
                 0.08 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_008896 
               
               
                 9 
                 eucalyptus 
                 14 
                 1.84 
                   
                   
                 0.69 
                 0.17 
                 0.06 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_012804 
               
               
                 11 
                 eucalyptus 
                 3 
                   
                   
                 0.08 
                   
                 0.99 
                   
                   
                 0.17 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_016939 
               
               
                 12 
                 eucalyptus 
                 2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.83 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_017058 
               
               
                 17 
                 eucalyptus 
                 64 
                 0.68 
                   
                   
                   
                 0.17 
                   
                 0.37 
                 17.48 
                   
                 0.08 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_022868 
               
               
                 7 
                 eucalyptus 
                 47 
                 0.11 
                   
                   
                 0.54 
                 0.17 
                   
                 0.57 
                 9.60 
                   
                 0.04 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_008124 
               
               
                 15 
                 eucalyptus 
                 6 
                 1.37 
                   
                   
                 0.15 
                   
                 0.11 
                 0.16 
                 0.29 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_017488 
               
               
                 19 
                 eucalyptus 
                 2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.06 
                 0.90 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_027512 
               
               
                 4 
                 eucalyptus 
                 7 
                   
                   
                 1.61 
                 0.23 
                 0.34 
                   
                   
                   
                 0.24 
               
               
                   
                 Spp_004683 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 7 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 In silico hybridization data for  P. radiata   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SEQ 
                   
                 Total 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 ID 
                 Cons 
                 number 
                 female 
                 Reproductive 
                 Vegetative 
                 Vegetative 
               
               
                 NO 
                 ID 
                 of ESTs 
                 cones 
                 buds 
                 buds 
                 meristem 
                 callus 
                 vaseular 
                 phloem 
                 Cambium 
                 xylem 
                 root 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 20 
                 pinusRadiata_000531 
                 17 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.19 
                 1.91 
                 0.11 
               
               
                 21 
                 pinusRadiata_002922 
                 3 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.18 
                   
                   
                 0.15 
               
               
                 23 
                 pinusRadiata_017730 
                 11 
                   
                   
                   
                 0.38 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.46 
               
               
                 24 
                 pinusRadiata_027109 
                 9 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 1.45 
               
               
                 25 
                 pinusRadiata_000892 
                 26 
                 0.15 
                   
                 0.14 
                   
                   
                 0.36 
                 0.82 
                 0.58 
                 1.12 
               
               
                 27 
                 pinusRadiata_013907 
                 16 
                 0.11 
                 0.16 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.41 
                   
                 0.17 
                 0.26 
               
               
                 28 
                 pinusRadiata_026937 
                 3 
                 0.39 
               
               
                 29 
                 pinusRadiata_027496 
                 2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 0.37 
               
               
                 22 
                 pinusRadiata_003920 
                 94 
                   
                   
                 0.14 
                 0.27 
                   
                 0.18 
                 0.06 
                 1.99 
                 22.24 
                 0.60 
               
               
                 26 
                 pinusRadiata_008513 
                 12 
                 0.15 
                   
                   
                   
                 0.22 
                   
                 0.06 
                 0.05 
                   
                 0.22 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Sequences from among the known cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like protein genes that show hybridization in silico to ESTs made from samples containing developing wood, but that do not hybridize to ESTs from samples not containing developing wood are selected for further examination. 
     cDNA clones containing sequences that hybridize to the genes showing wood-preferred expression are selected from cDNA libraries using techniques well known in the art of molecular biology. Using the sequence information, oligonucleotides are designed such that each oligonucleotide is specific for only one cDNA sequence in the library. The oligonucleotide sequences are provided in TABLE 5. 60-mer oligonucleotide probes are designed using the method of Li and Stormo, supra or using software such as ArrayDesigner, GENESCAN®, and ProbeSelect. 
     The oligonucleotides are then synthesized in situ described in Hughes et al.,  Nature Biotechnol.  19:324 (2002) or as described in Kane et al.,  Nucleic Acids Res.  28:4552 (2000) and affixed to an activated glass slide (Sigma-Genosis, The Woodlands, Tex.) using a 5′ amino linker. The position of each oligonucleotide on the slide is known. 
     Example 5 
     Example 5 illustrates how RNAs of tissues from multiple pine species, in this case both  P. radiata  and loblolly pine  P. taeda  trees, are selected for analysis of the pattern of gene expression associated with wood development in the juvenile wood and mature wood forming sections of the trees using the microarrays derived from  P. radiata  cDNA sequences described in Example 4. 
     Open pollinated trees of approximately 16 years of age are selected from plantation-grown sites, in the United States for loblolly pine, and in New Zealand for radiata pine. Trees are felled during the spring and summer seasons to compare the expression of genes associated with these different developmental stages of wood formation. Trees are felled individually and trunk sections are removed from the bottom area approximately one to two meters from the base and within one to two meters below the live crown. The section removed from the basal end of the trunk contains mature wood. The section removed from below the live crown contains juvenile wood. Samples collected during the spring season are termed earlywood or springwood, while samples collected during the summer season are considered latewood or summerwood. Larson et al.,  Gen. Tech. Rep . FPL-GTR-129. Madison, Wis.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. p. 42. 
     Tissues are isolated from the trunk sections such that phloem, cambium, developing xylem, and maturing xylem are removed. These tissues are collected only from the current year&#39;s growth ring. Upon tissue removal in each case, the material is immediately plunged into liquid nitrogen to preserve the nucleic acids and other components. The bark is peeled from the section and phloem tissue removed from the inner face of the bark by scraping with a razor blade. Cambium tissue is isolated from the outer face of the peeled section by gentle scraping of the surface. Developing xylem and lignifying xylem are isolated by sequentially performing more vigorous scraping of the remaining tissue. Tissues are transferred from liquid nitrogen into containers for long term storage at −70° C. until RNA extraction and subsequent analysis is performed. 
     Example 6 
     Example 6 illustrates procedures alternative to those used in Example 3 for RNA extraction and purification, particularly useful for RNA obtained from a variety of tissues of woody plants, and a procedure for hybridization and data analysis using the arrays described in Example 4. 
     RNA is isolated according to the protocol of Chang et al., Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 11:113. DNA is removed using DNase I (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) according to the manufacturer&#39;s recommendations. The integrity of the RNA samples is determined using the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, USA). 
     10 μg of total RNA from each tissue is reverse transcribed into cDNA using known methods. 
     In the case of  Pinus radiata  phloem tissue, it can be difficult to extract sufficient amounts of total RNA for normal labelling procedures. Total RNA is extracted and treated as previously described and 100 ng of total RNA is amplified using the Ovation™ Nanosample RNA Amplification system from NuGEN™ (NuGEN, CA, USA). Similar amplification kits such as those manufactured by Ambion may alternatively be used. The amplified RNA is reverse transcribed into cDNA and labelled as described above. 
     Hybridization and stringency washes are performed using the protocol as described in the US patent application for “Methods and Kits for Labeling and Hybridizing cDNA for Microarray Analysis” (supra) at 42 C. The arrays (slides) are scanned using a ScanArray 4000 Microarray Analysis System (GSI Lumonics, Ottawa, ON, Canada). Raw, non-normalized intensity values are generated using QUANTARRAY software (GSI Lumonics, Ottawa, ON, Canada). 
     A fully balanced, incomplete block experimental design (Kerr and Churchill,  Gen. Res.  123:123, 2001) is used in order to design an array experiment that would allow maximum statistical inferences from analyzed data. 
     Gene expression data is analyzed using the SAS® Microarray Solution software package (The SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., USA). Resulting data was then visualized using JMP® (The SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., USA). 
     Analysis done for this experiment is an ANOVA approach with mixed model specification (Wolfinger et al.,  J. Comp. Biol.  8:625-637). Two steps of linear mixed models are applied. The first one, normalization model, is applied for global normalization at slide-level. The second one, gene model, is applied for doing rigorous statistical inference on each gene. Both models are stated in Models (1) and (2).
 
log 2 ( Y   ijkls )=θ ij   +D   k   +S   l   +DS   kl ω ijkls   (1)
 
 R   ijkls   (g) =μ ij   (g)   +D   k   (g)   +S   l   (g)   +DS   kl   (g)   +SS   ls   (g) ε ijkls   (g)   (2)
 
     Y ijkls  represents the intensity of the s th  spot in the l th  slide with the k th  dye applying the j th  treatment for the i th  cell line. θ ij , D k , S l , and D Skl  represent the mean effect of the jth treatment in the ith cell line, the kth dye effect, the l th  slide random effect, and the random interaction effect of the k th  dye in the l th  slide. ω ijkls  is the stochastic error term. represent the similar roles as θ ij , D k , S l , and D Skl  except they are specific for the g th  gene. R ijkls   (g)  represents the residual of the g th  gene from model (1). μ ij   (g) , D k   (g) , S l   (g) , and DS kl   (g)  represent the similar roles as θ y , D k , S l , and DS kl  except they are specific for the g th  gene. SS ls   (g)  represent the spot by slide random effect for the g th  gene. ε ijkls   (g)  represent the stochastic error term. All random terms are assumed to be normal distributed and mutually independent within each model. 
     According to the analysis described above, certain cDNAs, some of which are shown in Table 4, are found to be differentially expressed. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 SEQ ID NO 
                 Expression pattern 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 22 
                 Increased expression 
               
               
                 28 
                 Specific expression in X2 xylem. 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The involvement of these specific genes in wood development is inferred through the association of the up-regulation or down-regulation of genes to the particular stages of wood development. Both the spatial continuum of wood development across a section (phloem, cambium, developing xylem, maturing xylem) at a particular season and tree trunk position and the relationships of season and tree trunk position are considered when making associations of gene expression to the relevance in wood development. 
     Example 7 
     Example 7 demonstrates how one can correlate polysaccharide gene expression with agronomically important wood phenotypes such as density, stiffness, strength, distance between branches, and spiral grain. 
     Mature clonally propagated pine trees are selected from among the progeny of known parent trees for superior growth characteristics and resistance to important fungal diseases. The bark is removed from a tangential section and the trees are examined for average wood density in the fifth annual ring at breast height, stiffness and strength of the wood, and spiral grain. The trees are also characterized by their height, mean distance between major branches, crown size, and forking. 
     To obtain seedling families that are segregating for major genes that affect density, stiffness, strength, distance between branches, spiral grain and other characteristics that may be linked to any of the genes affecting these characteristics, trees lacking common parents are chosen for specific crosses on the criterion that they exhibit the widest variation from each other with respect to the density, stiffness, strength, distance between branches, and spiral grain criteria. Thus, pollen from a tree exhibiting high density, low mean distance between major branches, and high spiral grain is used to pollinate cones from the unrelated plus tree among the selections exhibiting the lowest density, highest mean distance between major branches, and lowest spiral grain. It is useful to note that “plus trees” are crossed such that pollen from a plus tree exhibiting high density are used to pollinate developing cones from another plus tree exhibiting high density, for example, and pollen from a tree exhibiting low mean distance between major branches would be used to pollinate developing cones from another plus tree exhibiting low mean distance between major branches. 
     Seeds are collected from these controlled pollinations and grown such that the parental identity is maintained for each seed and used for vegetative propagation such that each genotype is represented by multiple ramets. Vegetative propagation is accomplished using micropropagation, hedging, or fascicle cuttings. Some ramets of each genotype are stored while vegetative propagules of each genotype are grown to sufficient size for establishment of a field planting. The genotypes are arrayed in a replicated design and grown under field conditions where the daily temperature and rainfall are measured and recorded. 
     The trees are measured at various ages to determine the expression and segregation of density, stiffness, strength, distance between branches, spiral grain, and any other observable characteristics that may be linked to any of the genes affecting these characteristics. Samples are harvested for characterization of cellulose content, lignin content, cellulose microfibril angle, density, strength, stiffness, tracheid morphology, ring width, and the like. Samples are also examined for gene expression as described in Example 6. Ramets of each genotype are compared to ramets of the same genotype at different ages to establish age:age correlations for these characteristics. 
     Example 8 
     Example 8 demonstrates how responses to environmental conditions such as light and season alter plant phenotype and can be correlated to polysaccharide synthesis gene expression using microarrays. In particular, the changes in gene expression associated with wood density are examined. 
     Trees of three different clonally propagated  E. grandis  hybrid genotypes are grown on a site with a weather station that measures daily temperatures and rainfall. During the spring and subsequent summer, genetically identical ramets of the three different genotypes are first photographed with north-south orientation marks, using photography at sufficient resolution to show bark characteristics of juvenile and mature portions of the plant, and then felled. The age of the trees is determined by planting records and confirmed by a count of the annual rings. In each of these trees, mature wood is defined as the outermost rings of the tree below breast height, and juvenile wood as the innermost rings of the tree above breast height. Each tree is accordingly sectored as follows: 
     NM—NORTHSIDE MATURE 
     SM—SOUTHSIDE MATURE 
     NT—NORTHSIDE TRANSITION 
     ST—SOUTHSIDE TRANSITION 
     NJ—NORTHSIDE JUVENILE 
     SJ—SOUTHSIDE JUVENILE 
     Tissue is harvested from the plant trunk as well as from juvenile and mature form leaves. Samples are prepared simultaneously for phenotype analysis, including plant morphology and biochemical characteristics, and gene expression analysis. The height and diameter of the tree at the point from which each sector was taken is recorded, and a soil sample from the base of the tree is taken for chemical assay. Samples prepared for gene expression analysis are weighed and placed into liquid nitrogen for subsequent preparation of RNA samples for use in the microarray experiment. 
     The tissues are denoted as follows: 
     P—phloem 
     C—cambium 
     X1—expanding xylem 
     X2—differentiating and lignifying xylem 
     Thin slices in tangential and radial sections from each of the sectors of the trunk are fixed as described in Ruzin, P LANT  M ICROTECHNIQUE AND  M ICROSCOPY , Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, N.Y. (1999) for anatomical examination and confirmation of wood developmental stage. Microfibril angle is examined at the different developmental stages of the wood, for example juvenile, transition and mature phases of  Eucalyptus grandis  wood. Other characteristics examined are the ratio of fibers to vessel elements and ray tissue in each sector. Additionally, the samples are examined for characteristics that change between juvenile and mature wood and between spring wood and summer wood, such as fiber morphology, lumen size, and width of the S2 (thickest) cell wall layer. Samples are further examined for measurements of density in the fifth ring and determination of modulus of elasticity using techniques well known to those skilled in the art of wood assays. See, e.g., Wang, et al.,  Non - destructive Evaluations of Trees , E XPERIMENTAL  T ECHNIQUES , pp. 28-30 (2000). 
     For biochemical analysis, 50 grams from each of the harvest samples are freeze-dried and analyzed, using biochemical assays well known to those skilled in the art of plant biochemistry for quantities of simple sugars, amino acids, lipids, other extractives, lignin, and cellulose. See, e.g., Pettersen &amp; Schwandt,  J. Wood Chem . &amp;  Technol.  11:495 (1991). 
     In the present example, the phenotypes chosen for comparison are high density wood, average density wood, and low density wood. Nucleic acid samples are prepared as described in Example 3, from trees harvested in the spring and summer. Gene expression profiling by hybridization and data analysis is performed as described above. 
     Using similar techniques and clonally propagated individuals one can examine polysaccharide gene expression as it is related to other complex wood characteristics such as strength, stiffness and spirality. 
     Example 9 
     Example 9 demonstrates how a cellulose synthase can be linked to a tissue-preferred promoter and expressed in pine resulting in a plant with increased wood density. 
     A polysaccharide synthesis gene, which is more highly expressed during the early spring, is identified by the method described in Example 7. A DNA construct having the density-related polypeptide operably linked to a promoter is placed into an appropriate binary vector and transformed into pine using the methods described herein. Pine plants are transformed as described in herein and the transgenic pine plants are used to establish a forest planting. Increased density even in the spring wood (early wood) is observed in the transgenic pine plants relative to control pine plants which are not transformed with the density related DNA construct. 
     Example 10 
     Using techniques well known to those skilled in the art of molecular biology, the sequence of the cellulose synthase isolated in Example 9 is analyzed in genomic DNA isolated from alfalfa. This enables the identification of an orthologue in alfalfa whose sequence is then used to create an RNAi knockout construct. This construct is then transformed into alfalfa. See, e.g., Austin et al.,  Euphytica  85, 381 (1995). The regenerated transgenic plants show lower fiber content and increased ray cell content in the xylem. Such properties improve digestability which results in higher growth rates in cattle fed on this alfalfa as compared to wild-type alfalfa of the same species. 
     Example 11 
     Example 11 demonstrates how gene expression analysis can be used to find gene variants which are present in mature plants having a desirable phenotype. The presence or absence of such a variant can be used to predict the phenotype of a mature plant, allowing screening of the plants at the seedling stage. Although this example employs eucalyptus, the method used herein is also useful in breeding programs for pine and other tree species. 
     The sequence of a putative density-related gene is used to probe genomic DNA isolated from  Eucalyptus  that vary in density as described in previous examples. Non-transgenically produced  Eucalyptus  hybrids of different wood phenotypes are examined. One hybrid exhibits high wood density and another hybrid exhibits lower wood density. A molecular marker in the 3′ portion of the coding region is found which distinguishes a high-density gene variant from a lower density gene variant. 
     This molecular marker enables tree breeders to assay non-transgenic  Eucalyptus  hybrids for likely density profiles while the trees are still at seedling stage, whereas in the absence of the marker, tree breeders must wait until the trees have grown for multiple years before density at harvest age can be reliably predicted. This enables selective outplanting of the best trees at seedling stage rather than an expensive culling operation and resultant erosion at thinning age. This molecular marker is further useful in the breeding program to determine which parents will give rise to high density outcross progeny. 
     Molecular markers found in the 3′ portion of the coding region of the gene that do not correspond to variants seen more frequently in higher or lower wood density non-transgenic  Eucalyptus  hybrid trees are also useful. These markers are found to be useful for fingerprinting different genotypes of  Eucalyptus , for use in identity-tracking in the breeding program and in plantations. 
     Example 12 
     This Example describes microarrays for identifying gene expression differences that contribute to the phenotypic characteristics that are important in commercial wood, namely wood appearance, stiffness, strength, density, fiber dimensions, coarseness, cellulose and lignin content, extractives content and the like. 
     Woody trees of genera that produce commercially important wood products, in this case  Pinus  and  Eucalyptus , are felled from various sites and at various times of year for the collection and isolation of RNA from developing xylem, cambium, phloem, leaves, buds, roots, and other tissues. RNA is also isolated from seedlings of the same genera. 
     All contigs are compared to both the ESTs made from RNA isolated from samples containing developing wood and the sequences of the ESTs made from RNA of various tissues that do not contain developing wood. Contigs containing primarily ESTs that show more hybridization in silico to ESTs made from RNA isolated from samples containing developing wood than to ESTs made from RNA isolated from samples not containing developing wood are determined to correspond to possible novel genes particularly expressed in developing wood. These contigs are then used for BLAST searches against public domain sequences. Those contigs that hybridize in silico with high stringency to no known genes or genes annotated as having only a “hypothetical protein” are selected for the next step. These contigs are considered putative novel genes showing wood-preferred expression. 
     The longest cDNA clones containing sequences hybridizing to the putative novel genes showing wood-preferred expression are selected from cDNA libraries using techniques well known to those skilled in the art of molecular biology. The cDNAs are sequenced and full-length gene-coding sequences together with untranslated flanking sequences are obtained where possible. Stretches of 45-80 nucleotides (or oligonucleotides) are selected from each of the sequences of putative novel genes showing wood-preferred expression such that each oligonucleotide probe hybridizes at high stringency to only one sequence represented in the ESTs made from RNA isolated from trees or seedlings of the same genus. 
     Oligomers are then chemically synthesized and placed onto a microarray slide as described in Example 4. Each oligomer corresponds to a particular sequence of a putative novel gene showing wood-preferred expression and to no other gene whose sequence is represented among the ESTs made from RNA isolated from trees or seedlings of the same genus. 
     Sample preparation and hybridization are carried out as in Example 4. The technique used in this example is more effective than use of a microarray using cDNA probes because the presence of a signal represents significant evidence of the expression of a particular gene, rather than of any of a number of genes that may contain similarities to the cDNA due to conserved functional domains or common evolutionary history. Thus, it is possible to differentiate homologous genes, such as those in the same family, but which may have different functions in phenotype determination. 
     This hybridization data, gained using the method of Example 6, enables the user to identify which of the putative novel genes actually possesses a pattern of coordinate expression with known genes, a pattern of expression consistent with a particular developmental role, and/or a pattern of expression that suggests that the gene has a promoter that drives expression in a valuable way. 
     The hybridization data obtained using this method can be used, for example, to identify a putative novel gene that shows an expression pattern particular to the tracheids with the lowest cellulose microfibril angle in developing spring wood (early wood). The promoter of this gene can also be isolated as in Example 8, and operably linked to a gene that has been shown as in Example 9 to be associated with late wood (summer wood). Transgenic pine plants containing this construct are generated using the methods of Example 9, and the early wood of these plants is then shown to display several characteristics of late wood, such as higher microfibril angle, higher density, smaller average lumen size, etc. 
     Example 13 
     Example 13 demonstrates the use of a xylem-specific promoter functionally linked to a polysaccharide synthesis gene for increased plant biomass. 
     Xylem-specific polysaccharide synthesis transcripts are identified via array analyses of different secondary vasculature layers as described in Example 6. Candidate promoters linked to the genes corresponding to these transcripts are cloned from pine genomic DNA using, e.g., the BD Clontech GenomeWalker kit and tested in transgenic tobacco via a reporter assay(s) for cambium specificity/preference. The xylem-specific promoter overexpressing a polysaccharide synthesis gene involved in secondary xylem cell division is used to increase wood biomass. A tandem xylem-specific promoter is constructed driving the polysaccharide synthesis gene ORF. Boosted transcript levels of the candidate polysaccharide synthesis gene result in an increased xylem biomass phenotype. 
     While the invention is described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention. All references and publications cited herein are incorporated by reference in their entireties. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                   Eucalyptus grandis  polysaccharide synthesis genes 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 DNA 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 SEQ 
                 Consensus 
               
               
                 ID 
                 ID 
                 Target 
                 Curated DNA seq 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 1 
                   
                 Cellulose 
                 GGGGAAAAAGCAACCATATAAAACTATTGCCA 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TTCGCACAGGAACAGAACGACGAGATCATGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 GGCCAGGGCGGGACTTGTTGCAGGTTCCTATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 AGCGGAACGAGCTTATGGTAGTCCCTGGACAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGGGCCCAAGCCCATCAGGCTATCCACCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAGGATTGCCAAGTCTGCGGAGATAAAATCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGCAACCCGAATGGGGAACTATTCGTGGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCAACGAGTGTGGATTCCCTGTGTGTCGTCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTTATGAGTACGAGAGAAAGGATGGGAACCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGCTGCCCTCAGTGCAAGACTCGGTACAGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTCACAAAGGGAGTCCCCGGGTTGAAGGCGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGAAGAAGATGGCATGGACGACTTAGAACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAATTCAACATGGAAAGAGATCGCCAAAGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAGTCAGTCACAGAGGAAACGCCTTCGACGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTCCTCGGGCTGCCCACAGTATCGCTAACCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCGATAAATGGAGATAATTATGCACTTTCCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCTCCGATCATGGATGGCGACAGTTTAAGTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAGCGTTTTCCACATGCAGCTACTGTGATTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAATGGATTAGATCCAGTCAAAGAGAACTATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGTGCTGCATGGAAGGAGAGAGTGGAGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGGAAAGCGAAGCACGATAAGAAAAGTGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCATCAAGGATGGCATATATGATCCAGACGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCCGATGATATAATGATGACTGAAGCCGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAGACAGCCTTTTTCGCGTAAGGTGCCAATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCTCCAGTCTAATCAATCCCTACAGAATTGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTGTGTTGCGTTTGATAATTCTGGGATTCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCCGCTACCGATTGATGAATCCTGCCAAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCACTTGGCCTCTGGTTGACCTCCATTATCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAGATCTGGTTCGCCTTCTCCTGGATTCTTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAGTTCCCCAAGTGGTTTCCCATCACTAGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACTTATCTCGACAGATTATCTATGAGATACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGGGAAGGAGAGCCTTGCAAGCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 eucalyptusSpp_000984 
                 Cellulose 
                 CTGACGTGCTCGTTGACTCCCCGGAGATTGGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 CGCAGAGATAGCCGATGGGTCCGGCGACAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 AGGAGCCTGGATCGTCGGATGACGGCGGGGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 GACACTGCGAAGGTTGATGGGGCTAAGGGTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGTGAAGCCTATGATCCTGCTTCTAAGAAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAGGAGAGAGAATATGAGGAGTTCAAGGTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAATCAATGCTTTGGTTGCAAAGGCACAAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCCAGAAGAAGGGTGGACAATGCAGGATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCACTGCCTGGGCTGGAAATAACCCCAGGGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CACCCTGGAATGATACAGGTTTTCCTGGGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGTGGGGGACTTGATACTGATGGAAATGAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACCTCGACTTGTTTATGTTTCTCGTGAAAAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACCTGGTTTCCAACATCACGAGAAAGCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCATGATTGCTTTGATCCGGGTCTCAGCTGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTAACCAACGGACCGTATCTTTTGAATGTTGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTGATCATTACTTTAATAAAGTAAAGCATTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGAAGCAATGTGTTTCATGATGGATCCCGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATGGAAAGAAGACGTGCTATGTGCAGTTCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAACGTTTTGATGGGATTGACTTGCACGATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATATGCTAACCGCAACATCGTCTTCTTTGATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAGATTAACTTGAAAGGGCTTGACGTCATCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGTCCTGTCTATGTTGGAATTGGATGTTGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAACAGGCAAGCCCTTTATGGATATGACCCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATTAACCGAGGAAGATCTGGAACCAAATATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTGTAAAGAGTTGTGGTTCAAGAAAGAAGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGGGTGGCAATAAGTACATTGACAAGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGCAATGAAAAGAACTGAATCCACTGTTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATTTTCAATATAGAAGATGTTGAGGAGGGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGAAGGATATGATGATGAGACGTCGCTCCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGTCTCAGAAAAGTCTAGAGAAAAGATTCGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAGTCTCCTGTTTTCATTGCGGCTACTTTCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAACAGGGTGGCCTACGACCATCTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 eucalyptusSpp_003922 
                 Cellulose 
                 CTCGACACATTGCTTTCTTCCGAGTTCACAGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 AACATGAGATCTCTCTGTGTGACTATCCTCAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 CTCTTTGCCACTTAGATCTGAACCGCAATTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 TTGCTTTCTTTCGTATTCTTTGTTCTTTCGCTAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGGGCTGAAAATCAAGAACGGTAGTAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAAAGAGAAATGGAGGTGAGTTCTGGTTTAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAGCGGGCTCTCACAACAGGAACGAGCTGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTCATCCGCCGCGAGAATGAACTCGGACAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCGTTGCAGAAGTTGAGCGGGCAAATTTGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATTTGCGGCGACGACGTTGGATTGACCGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACGGCGAGCTATTCGTCGCCTGCAATGAGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCGTTCCCCATTTGCAGGACTTGCTATGAGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAACGGCGCGAGGGAAGCCAAATTTGTCCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTGCAAAACCAGATTCAAGTGCTTAAGGGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTGCAAGAGTGGATGGAGATGAGGAAGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGGTGTGGATGACTTGGAGAACGAGTTCAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTGATGGGAGGCATAGGCAAGAGATGGATCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAGGGATATGGTGCAGAGGCAATGCTTCATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCATATGAGCTATGGCCGTGGCTCGGATTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATCTGTCTCACGTTCATCCACTGCCCCAAGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCACTCCTCACCAATGGTCAAATGGTTGATGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTCCTCCGGAGCACCATGCTTTGGTGCCAGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACATGGGAGCTGGAGGCGGCGGTGGCGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGGCAAAAGGATTCACCCACTTCCTTTCACTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTCTGGTCTTCCAGTGCAACCTCGATCCATGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCCTTCAAAGGACTTGGCTGCTTATGGATATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGCGTTGCTTGGAAAGAGAGGATGGAGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGAAACAAAAGCAAGAGAAACTACAGACGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAAGAACGAGAAAGGTGGCAAGGAATGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGATGATGGGGACAACCCAGATCTACCACTAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGATGAGGCGAGACAGCCGCTGTCAAGAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGCCTATATCCTCCAGCCAAATCA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 4 
                 eucalyptusSpp_004683 
                 Cellulose 
                 GTCCTTTGGCGCTCCGTTGCCTCCTCCTCGTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 ACGGCTCATGAACACCCCCTCTCTGCACGTCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 CCATCATTTTCTTCTCTAATCCTCATTGGCATTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCATTTTGATCTGATAAAAGCCACTTGGTCGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACACGTTCGGTGTTTCTTGGCTCGCCTTCCCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGTGAATCTTCTACGAAAGCTGAAAGCTTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTTTCCTGCGAAGTGGGTGTGCTTCAAGAATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGATTCGAGAAAATCAAGACTTCAAAATGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCTTCGCTCGATTCGTGGGCAAAACAGAACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCACAAGGGCACCCCCGTCGTCGTCAAGATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGAACCTGAACTGGTCCATGCTCGAGCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCCCGTCGGACGAGGACATCTTCCCCGCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCGCCCCCGCCGCCGGCGAGGGGGCGGCGCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCGGACGCGCAACAAGAACGCGAAGCAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCACGTGGGTCCTGCTCCTCAGGGCCCACAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCGCCGGCTGCCTGGCCTCCATGGCCGCCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTCCTCGGCCTCGCCTCCGCCGTCAGGCGCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTGGCCGCCGGCAGGACCGACAACGACGTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCGAGGCTTCTCGTCGCGGCGGGGGAGTGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGAGCCCCACTCTCAAGGCCAGGTTCTATAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGCACAAAAGTGTTCCTTTGGCTGTCCATTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTGTTAGGGTTTGAAGTGGCTGCTTACTTCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGTTGGCACTATGGTGCGCACAATGTCGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCAACACCTGTTGGCAACTTCTTTCTCAGTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGGTGTTTTCGATCGGTTGTATTCGAAGTGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTCGATCCGGGTGGAATATCTTGCTCCTCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCAGTTCTTGGCCAATGCTTGCATAGTGCTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCTTATCCAGAGCTTGGACAGGCTTGTCCTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTTGGGTTGTTTCTGGATCAAATTCAAAAACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAAGCCGATCCCAAAGGAGGACGCCTCAGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGTCGAATCCGGCGAGAAGGGATACTTCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATGGTCCTAGTGCAAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 5 
                 eucalyptusSpp_005009 
                 Cellulose 
                 CTCTCCCCTCTTCATCGACTCCACTCGCTCTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TCCCTCCCCTCTCTCTCTCTCTTCCGCAGCAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 GCGTCTGTTCCTTTCCTTCCTGGCTTCGCTCTAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGAGGACAAGAACAGAGGCATTCCGTCGGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAACTCAGAGAGAGAGAAAGAGAGAGAGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTGAAGAAGCAGGTGGTCTTGGAAGGGTGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAGGAAAGTGAGGAAAAGGGGAGAGAAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCCGAACGGAGGCAGCATTTCCCCTCTGCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCTCATTTGCTCGAGAGAGAGAGAAAGAGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGGGGGAGGCAGCGAGTGAGATCTACCTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCGTACACTAGCTTCTCAAAATGCCTGCTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCTAGTTAAGACACCCCTCGATTACCATTCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTGAGGAACGATTTCCTAGTCCAAACCCAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTCCAAATCCTAGATAATAACATCCCCTGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCTCCTCTGTTTTGCTTTCTGTGCTCTGCTCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAAACAGAGCAGCGCCAAACAGAGCAGGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAAAACAGAGTCTCGAGCCTCTGTCTCGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGCGCAAATCTCGGCCAAGGACCTGATCCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACTCGTTAACCATGTCCCGGGAGGACATCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGCCAGCTGGGGATGGTGTGGGAGCTGATCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGCGCCGCTGATCGTCCCGGTGCTGCGGCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGGTCTACGTATGCCTCGCGATGGCGCTCATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTTCATGGAGAGGGTCTACATGGGCATCGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCGTCCTCGTCAAGCTCTTCTGGAAGAAGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGAAGCGCTACAATTGGGAGCCCATCGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGACCTCGAGTCCGGAAGCTCCAACTTCCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCGTCCTCGTCCAAATCCCAATGTACAACGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAGAGGTGTACAAGATTTCGATCGGAGCAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGCGGGCTGTCCTGGCCGGCGGACCGCCTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATCCAAGTCCTCGACGACTCCACCGATCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTAATTAAGCAAATGGTGGAGCTGGAGTGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGGTGGGCGAGCAAGGGGATC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 6 
                 eucalyptusSpp_007860 
                 Cellulose 
                 CTCCTCGGCGCCTCCCCCTCGCGATCGCTTCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 GCTCGGCCCGTGGCCTCCCCGACACCATGTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 GGCTTCGCCGTGGGCTCTCACTCCCGGAACGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 GCTCCATGTCACGAATGGTGGCGCTGCTGACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACACCGCTCTCCTCCCCGCCAAAACGCGGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAACCTGCCGCGTCTGCGGCGACGAGATCGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTGAAGGACGACGGCGCTCCGTTCGTCGCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCACGAGTGCGGCTTCCCCGTCTGCCGCCCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTACGTCTACGAGCGCAGCGACGGCACCCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCTGCCCCCAGTGCAACGCCCGCTACAAGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCACAAAGGGTGCCCCCGGGTCGCGGGAGACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACGAGGACGACCACTTCGAAGGCGAGGATTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGGACGAGTTTCAGATCAGGAACCGCGGCGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAATGAAGTTCGCCCCACCGGTTTCGATCGTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAAATGGGGACAGTCACGCGCCGCAAGTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCCGAACGGTCAGGTTTTCTCTTCGGCCGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCGTCGTCGGCGCGGAGTTGGAAGGAGAAGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATGCGGAGTGGAAGGAGAGGATCGAGAAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAAATCAGGCAAGAAAAGAGGGGCTTAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGCAAGGACGATGGCGGGAACGGCGATGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGGAAGATGACTACCTGATGGCTGAAGCTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAACCACTTTCGAGAAAAGTACCGATTTCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCAAAATAAGCCCATACCGAATTGTCATCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCTGCGCCTCGTAGTCCTAGGCTTTTTCCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTTCCGTATCTTAACCCCTGCAACTGATGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCCTCTATGGCTTATCTCAGTTATATGTGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATGGTTTGCCTTGTCGTGGATTCTTGATCAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCCTAAGTGGAACCCGATAAACAGAGAAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATTTGGATAGATTATCCATAAGGTTTGAGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGGGTGAGCCCAGTCGCTTAACTCCTGTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGTGTTCGTCAGTTCTGTGGACCCTCTTAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACCACCAATAATCACTGCAAATACTGTCCTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAATCCTGGCCGTTGATTACCCGGTGGACAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTTGTTGCTATGTATCTGATGATGGCGCTTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCTGCTTTTTGACACTCTCTCTGAAACTGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGTTTGCGAGGAGGTGGGTCCCATTCTGCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGTATAGCATCGAGCCGAGGACTCCAGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTACTTTTCTCAAAAGATTGATTACCTGAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATAAGGTGGAGCCCAGCTTTGTGAAGGAACGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGCCATGAAAAGAGAGTATGAAGAGTTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGTGAGGGTCAATGCATTGGTGGCAAAAGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGAAAAAACCTGAAGAAGGATGGGTAATGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGATGGTACCCCCTGGCCTGGAAATAATACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCGATCATCCTGGCATGATCCAGGTTTATTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAGTGCTGGAGCATTGGACGTGGAAGGTAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGTTGCCTCGACTTGTATATGTGTCCCGTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGCGACCTGGTTACCAGCACCACAAGAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGGTGCAATGAATGCTCTGGTTCGAGTGTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAGTGCTAACAAACGCACCCTTCTTGTTGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTGGATTGTGACCACTACATCAACAACAGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGCTATCAGGGAAGCTATGTGTTTTCTAATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATCCCCAACTTGGAAAGAAGCTTTGCTATGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAATTTCCTCAGAGGTTCGATGGCATTGATCGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATGACAGATATGCTAATAGGAACATAGTTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTGATATCAACATGAGAGGGCTTGATGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACAAGGACCAGTGTATGTTGGAACTGGATGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGTTCAATCGGCAGGCATTGTATGGGTATGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCTCCAGTGTCCCAAAAGCGGCCAAAGATGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATGTGATTGCTGGCCTTCATGGTGCTCTTGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGCGGTGGTTCAAGGAAGTCAAAGTCAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGAAGGATGATACGAGTTTGCTTGGGCCTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCATGCGAAGAAGAAAAAGATGACAGGAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACTACTTGAAGAAGAAAGGGTCTGGACCTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTGATCTAGAAGACATTGAAGAAGGACTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGGTTTTGATGAGCTAGAAAAATCATCGCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGTCTCAGAAGAATTTTGAGAAGCGGTTTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAGTCACCTGTATTCATTGCCTCCACACTAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAGATGGTGGCTTGCCAGAAGGGACTAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCACTTCACTTATTAAGGAAGCTATCCATGTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAAGTTGTGGCTATGAAGAGAAAACAGAATGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCAAAGAGATTGGATGGATTTATGGCTCCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACAGAAGATATCTTGACAGGCTTCAAGATGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTGTAGAGGATGGAAGTCTGTATATTGCATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCAAAAGACCAGCTTTCAAGGGATCAGCACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATAAATCTGTCAGATCGACTCCATCAAGTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGATGGGCTCTTGGCTCCGTTGAGATTTTCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGTCGTCATTGTCCTTTGTGGTATGCTTGGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGAAAACTCAAACTGCTTGAGAGGCTTGCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATATCAACACCATTGTCTACCCTTTCACTTCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCCTTTGCTTTTCTACTGTACAATACCTGCCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGCCTTCTCACTGGGAAATTCATTATCCCCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTCACTAACTTTGCGAGCATATGGTTCTTGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTTTTCCTATCCATCATAGCCACTGGCGTGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAACTACGGTGGAGTGGTGTCAGCATCGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTGGTGGCGTAATGAACAATTCTGGGTCATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTGGAGTATCTGCACACCTCTTCGCTGTATTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAGGCCTCCTCAAGGTGCTTGCCGGAGTTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACTAACTTCACTGTTACAGCAAAGGCAGCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGACAGTGAGTTTGGTGAACTCTACCTTTTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTGGACTACCCTTCTCAAACCACCAACCACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTAATAATCTTGAACATGGTCGGTGTCGTCGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTGTTTCGGATGCCATAAACAATGGATACGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCGTGGGGCCCTCTGTTCGGGAAGCTCTTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCCTTTTGGGTGATCGTCCATCTCTACCCTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTCAAAGGTCTGATGGGAAAACAGAACAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CACCCACGATCGTGGTCCTTTGGTCCGTACTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGCCTCTATTTTCTCATTGGTCTGGGTCCGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGATCCGTTCCTGCCGAAGCAAACCGGTCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTCTCAAACCGTGTGGGGTGGAGTGCTGATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGGCGTCGGATTTCATTCAACATGCCGTCTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGACCCGATTAGATGTGTCGCTTTACGGAGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTTCTTTCTGTCTCTTACTTGGGACATATTGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCACTAGGGGAAATCTTCCCGATTGAAATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTTGATTAGCATAGGTTTTGCTTGAAGAGTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAACTGAAATGTGCAAAGTCCTGGTTTTGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTTTGCAATATATTCTGCTCAAGATTAAGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAAAAAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 7 
                 eucalyptusSpp_008124 
                 Cellulose 
                 GCTAAGTCCTGTTCTAGCACCACCGCCATCCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 CTCCTCCTCCTCCTCCCATGGAAGCCGGAGCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 GACTTGTCGCCGGTTCTCACAACCGCAACGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 CTCGTTGTGATTCACGGCCATGAGGAGTCGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCTTTGAAGAACTTGGATGGGCAAGTGTGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATCTGTGGGGATGAGGTTGGGCTCACGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGGAGATTTGTTCGTGGCATGCAACGAGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGATTTCCGGTTTGTCGGCCTTGCTATGAGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAGAGGAGAGAAGGGAGCCAGTTGTGCCCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTGCAAGACTCGATACAAGCGTCTCAAAGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCCCAAGAGTGGAGGGTGATGATGATGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGACATTGATGATCTCGAGCACGAATTCAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTGAAGATGAGCAGAACAAGCACAAGTACAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCAGAAGCTATGCTTCATGGGAAGATGAGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGGAAGAGGTCCTGAGGATGACGATAACGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAATTTCCATCAGTTATAGCTGGTGGCAGATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGACCTGTTAGTGGCGAGTTCCCAATATCATCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATGGTCACGGAGAGATGCCCTCTTCCCTTCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAACGAGTTCATCCATATCCAATTTCTGAACCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAGTGAAAGATGGGATGAAAAGAAAGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGGGTGGAAAGAAAGAATGGACGACTGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGCAGCAGGGCAACCTCGGCCCTGAACCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGACATCAATGACCCGGACATGGCAATGATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGAGGCAAGGCAGCCACTCTCCAGGAAAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCAATTGCATCGAGCAAGATCAACCCATACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGATGGTGATAGTTGCTCGGCTTGCCATATTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTCTTCCTTCGATACAGGATATTGAACCCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACATGATGCATTTGGTCTTTGGTTAACATCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCATCTGTGAGATATGGTTCGCTTTCTCCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCTGGATCAGTTTCCCAAATGGTTCCCTATTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCGTGAGACCTATCTTGATCGCCTCTCTCTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATATGAAAGGGAAGGTGAACC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 8 
                 eucalyptusSpp_008896 
                 Cellulose 
                 AGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TCGTCTTCGTTCTCATTTCCTCTCTCCTCCCCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 TTGTTCATTCGTTTCTCGTTTCTGCTTCCGTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTTTGAGGGCAGCGGCAGAGAAAAAGCTTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTTTTCTTCGATAGAGTTCGTCCGTCCGTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATCGATAAGTAATTGTCTTATTTTGCTCAGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTGGATTCGTGATCAGGCCCTTCTTTTCCATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGTTTTTTTCAGTGGGTCTCTCTGCAATGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAGAGGAGTGACCTTTGAGCGAGCGATTCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGACATTTCCAGCTCTGCCTTCCTTTTTTTCCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTCTGCTTTGCTTGACCCAGAAGCAATATTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAGCAAATATTCTCTCTCCAACTCTCTGCTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTCAGATAATTCAATTGCCAGATCACAGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTACTTGCTCTCATCAGCTCTGGTCCCTAGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCACATTCTCCCTCTCTCGCATTGCTCTGTTTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGATCGAAAAACAGAGCAAACGAGTCTCTGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAATGGACCGGCTCTCTGCAACTGGTCTCCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCGACACGTTCGGAGGAGCAAGAGACGACAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCCATGCAACTTTCGCTGATTTGGGCTCAGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAGGCGCCGTTGCTCGTCCCGTTGCTCCGGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCGGTGTTCCTTTGCCTGGCCATGTCGCTGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGTTCCTCGAGAGGGTGTACATGGCCGTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATCCTCTTGGTGAAGCTCTTCGGCCGGAAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGAGAAGCGGTACAGGTGGGAGCCCATGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACGACGTCGAGCTGGGCAACTCGGCCTACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCATGGTCCTGGTTCAAATCCCAATGTACAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCGAGAGGTTTATCAGCTCTCGATCGGAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCATGCGGTCTCTCGTGGCCGTCCGACCGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATCATTCAAGTCCTCGACGATTCCACCGACCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACGATCAAGGACCTGGTGGAGCTGGAGTGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGGTGGGCGAGCAAAGGGATCAACATCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTACGAGATCCGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 9 
                 eucalyptusSpp_012804 
                 Cellulose 
                 GTCCCTAGTTCCTTACTTGCTCTTCTTTCTCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 ACATAAAGCTGGCCTCTTGTTCCTCTCTCCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 TCCTCCTCCTCCTCTATTAACCACCGTCGACGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCATCGATCAGAAAGGCTAGTGGCATCGCCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGGACAGAGAACGAAAGAACTATGGAGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGTTCGCGCCCTCTAAACCTTTGCCATGTAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCGAAATTGATCGCCGTCAACCGTGCACACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCTCATCCATGGAGCAGCTCTACTTATCCTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACACTATAGAGCTTCCTTTTTCTTCGCCGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGCTAGCTCACCGGGCCAACCCACCACTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTTGGCTCATTATTTTCCTGGGCGAGCTAACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGTCCCTCACGTGGCTTCTCCACCAGGCCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGATGGCGGCCCGTGTCGCGGACCGCCTTTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAGAGGTTGCCCGGCGATGGGGAGCTCCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGATAGACGTGCTGGTGTGCACAGCGGACCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATAAGGAGCCCACCGTGGCAGTGATGAACAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTGATATCGGCAATGGCGCTCGACTATCCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGAGAAGCTCCACGTGTACCTCTCAGACGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCGGCTCGCTGCTCACGCTGCACGGGATGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGGCGTACGATTTCGCGAGACGGTGGTTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTTTTGCAAGAGGTTTGGAATAAAGACGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCCCCAAGGCTTACTTCATCGAAGACGAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTGAGCGCTAGCGTGGGGTACGAATCCGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAAGGAGGTCAAGGAGAAGTATGAATTGTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGGCGTATATAAATGGATATAGAAACAGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTATGGTGAATCACGGGATGGGAGGCTGGATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCCGTCTACCATTGAGGTGATCCATGGAAATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTCAGACGAAGTTGTGCAAGCTGACCAACAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAATGCCTCTGCTTGTTTACGTCTCCAGGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAAGGCCTTCTTACCCTCATAACTTCAAAGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGCTCTCAATGTTCTGCTTCGCGTGTCGGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGATGAGCAACTCGCCGTA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 10 
                 eucalyptusSpp_016249 
                 Cellulose 
                 CCCTTCCCTTCCCTTCCCTGTCACGCCTCTCCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TCTCTCTCTCTCTAGACGCTCGCGAATACGCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 GCGAGACCCATTTCCTCCCTTCCTTTCTCTCTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 GTGAATCTACCCGTCTAAAAAAGGCTGTCCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCACATTGATCGAGATCGAGAGCGCAGCAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCATCCCCCGCTCGACAAGCATTCTCCCCCGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATCGGCCGCTGCATTCCTCGTCGTAGAGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGGCAGCCTTTCTTGGTGGGTGGCTCCGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGCAATGCGGAGATCCGGGTCTGTTCTGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCTGAGACTGCTGCTGGGTTTCTCTTCTTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCCTTTCTTGTGCCGTTCGCTTCCTTGCGTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTCGGTGGTGGGTGAGTCGGGTCCTCTCGTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTCCCGCCATGAACACTGGAGGGAGGCTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGCCGGGTCGCACAACCGGAACGAGTTCGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCATCAATGCCGATGAGAGTTCACGGATCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCTGTGAAAGAACTGAGCGGGCAAATATGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATATGTGGGGATGAAGTGGAGATAGCAGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCGAGCTCTTCGTTGCCTGTAATGAATGTGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTCCAGTGTGTCGGCCTTGCTATGAGTATGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAAGAGAAGGAAATCAGGCCTGCCCGCAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTAAAACTAGATACAAGCGCCTCAAAGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGAGGGTCGAAGGCGATGAGGAAGAAGATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACATTGATGATTTGGACAATGAGTTCGATTATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCCTTCGGATCCTCAGCATGTCGCTGAGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACGTTCTCTTCACGGCTTAATTATGGCCGTGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCCATCGGAACGCATCTGGAATGCCCACTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTTGAATCCTCTCCGCTTAGTTCACAAATTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTCTTGACATATGGCCAAGAGGATGCTGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTCTCCTGATCAACACGCTCTTATTGTTCCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGCCACGGGTCATGCATATAGAGTTCATCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCCATATCCGGATTCTTCTAATCCTCTTCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCAGACCAATGGCCCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 11 
                 eucalyptusSpp_016939 
                 Cellulose 
                 TGCCGCTTGTTTCTTCTTCTTCTTCTTCTTCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 CACGCGATGTTGTTCAGCTCGAGCCAGGGGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 GCGCTCGGTCCGGGTCGTTAGCCCTCCGAGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAGCTGCTGCTGCTTTCACTTCAGCGGGTGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTCTGAGCTGAGGGCTCTTGTAGTGGGACCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATGGATACCGGAGTTCACATGAGAAGAATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCACGCCCGGGATCCGACAAGTGAATAACTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGGGACGATACTGACAGCGTGGTCAGCAGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGAGTTCGCTAGCTACACGGTCCACATACCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCACGCCGGAGTACCAACCGATGTACATGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATTGAGACTTCGAATGCCGAGAAAGTCGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCTGTACGCGTCGAACTCGCTCTTCACAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGTACAACCGCGCCACCCGCTCCTTTCTGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGAAGATGACCGACTCTGTGTCGAACCACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCAGATGGCGGGCATGAATGGGTCGATGTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAATTCCCGGGTGTGATGCGAAGATCATGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACGAGCGAGGAGAAGACATCGTCCCCTGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTGTGACTTCAAGATATGCAGGGACTGTTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGGACGCGGTGAGAGGGGGAGATGTGATTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTGGGGTGCAAGGAGCCTTACAAGGGGCTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACATGGCCGAGCCTGAGATGAATGATGGGCGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGGTATCTTCTGGCGGGATGTCGAAGAGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCGGAGGATGTCCATGATCAAATCGAGGATGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CACTGAAGAGGTCGGAAATGGACGACTTCGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATAGGAACTGGCTCTTCGAAACCAAGGGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTACGGATATGGGAACGCGATGTGGCCTAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGACGTCGATGGGGATGACGATGGATTCGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACCCTCAAGTGCTCCATGACAAAAAGTGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCCCTTACTCGCAAGGTCAATGTCTCCCCAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATCCTTAGTCCCTACAGGCTCTTGATTTTCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGAATTATTGCTCTGGCACTACTTTTGATGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCGGATTAAGCATCCTAATGAAGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 12 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017058 
                 Cellulose 
                 GTATAACCCTATGTGCTAAAATCTTGGAGAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TTCCTATTCATATCAGAAGAAGAACCGATCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 GTCATATGGAGCATAGCTCAGGCCCTCTCAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCTGTCATGTCCTCACAAAATCAATCATCATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACCGCACCCACATGCTCGTTCACGCCACAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTATCCGCTCTCATATACTATAGAGCTTCGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTCTTCAGTGAGAGTAAATCGAGAGACAGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCACAACTTTGGCATGTCTCACCATGTTCCTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGAGCTAGGGCTATCTTTCCTGTGGCTGCTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCAAGCCTTCCGGTGGCGGCCCGTCAGACGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTGCCTTCCCCAAGCGGCTGCCAGAGGACAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGCTGCCACCCATCGATGTGTTTGTGTGCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCGGACCCAGATAAGGAGCCGACTGTTGACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATGAACACGGTGGTGTCGGCAATGGCGCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACTATCCCCCGGAGAAGCTCCATGTGTACCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCGGACGATGGCGGCTCGACACTGACCTTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGGGACGAGGGAGGCCTACGATTTCGCAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTGGCTGCCCTTCTGCAAGAGGTATGGGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAGACGAGGTGTCCGAAGGCATTTTTTAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGAAGAGGATGGTGAGGGGATTGGCATGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCTGATAATGAGTTTGGCTCTGAGAAGAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAGTCAAGGAGAAATATGAGTTGTTCAAAGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAGTAAATGAGTACCGAAAGAGGCACCGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGACTCCAGCCACACTGGCCGAGACCATCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTACCATCGAGGTGGTCCGAGGGAATGTCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATGAAGTTATGCAAGCACACCAAGACCCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCCTAAGCTTATATACGTCTCAAGAGAAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGACCTTCTCATCACCATCACTTCAAAGCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTCTCAACGTTCTTCTCCGGGTATCAGGAGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGAGCAACTCGCCTTACATTTTAGTGTTGGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCGACATGTACTGCAACGACCCTTCTTCGGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGCAGGCGATGTGTTTTCATTTGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 13 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017442 
                 Cellulose 
                 AAAGCACTGAGTGAGAGCTGGAACTGAAGTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 CTGACTGATGTTAGAGAGAGAGAGAATTGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 TAGAGATGGAGTGACGAGGAAGCCTCCCCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 CTTCTTCACCAAACGTTCGCTCTCTCCCGCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACACCTCCTTCGCTGCTGCCCCCTCCATTGCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCACCGTCGCCGCCGCTCGCCGCCGATCTCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTCTCCGAGACCCGGAATCGCGAACCGCTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGAGCACCGCGATCGCCCCCGAGCGAGCGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCGAGAGCGAGAGGGGAGGACATGGAAGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATGCCGGGATGGTGGCCGGATCCTACAAGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAACGAGCTGGTCCGGATACGCCACGACTCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAGCGCGCCCAAGCCCCTGAAGCACTTGGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCCACATGTGTCAGATTTGTGGTGATACCGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACTTTCGGCCAGTGGTGATGTGTTTGTTGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTAATGAGTGCGCATTCCCAGTGTGCCGTCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTTATGAGTATGAGAGGAAAGATGGAAACCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGTTGTCCTCAGTGTAAGACTCGCTACAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCAAAAAGGGAGTCCTCGAGTGGAAGGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATGACGAAGATGGTGTCGATGATTTAGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACGAGTTCAGCTACACCCGAGGAAATGCCAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGCGCCAATGGCAGGGAGACGATCCTGACCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCGTCTTCTTCTAGACGTGAATCTCAACATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTCCCCCTTCTCACTAATGGACTGCCAATATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTGAAATCCCCTGTGCTACACCTGACAACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATCTGTTCGGACAACATCTGGACCTTTGGGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTCTGATAGGCATTCAGTTCATTCTGTTGATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTAGACAGCCAGTTCCTGTGCGAATTGTGGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCTCCAGGGACTTGAACTCTTATGGCCTTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATGTTGATTGGAAAGAAAGGGTTGAAAGTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAACTCAAGCAGGAAAAGAACATCCCCCACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGACCAGTAGATTCCCGGAAGGAAAAGGAGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATAGAAGGAACTGGCTCTTATGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 14 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017462 
                 Cellulose 
                 CCCACACCGCCACCCGCTGACGTCATCGCCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 CGCCTCGTTCGTCATCTTCTTCTTCTTCTTCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 GTCGTCGTCGTCGTCGTCGTCGTCGGCGTCGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCGCCGCGTCGTTCTCCGGATCCCTCGCACTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACGATGCCCGCGCTCCATCGGGGCGAATCCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGTGATCCTTCTCGCTCCCCCCGCCCGCACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCATTGATGTCTCGAGCGCCGAACCGCGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCAGGAATGGTGGAACAAGCAGCGCGAGCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCCTCGACCTCTCCTCCCCCTCCTCCGCCGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCCCCTCCACCAGCGGCGGCGGCGGCGGCGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGCGGCCCGCTCCTCGCCGTCGAGATCCGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCCGCGGTCCGATCAGGCCGTCGAGAAGTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCGCACGCAGCGCCCGTCAGCTCTCCTGGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGCCTCCTCCGGTTCCAGCAGATCGCCTCCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTCGCCTCCGCCGCGGGGTCATTCCTCTCCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTCCGCACCGCCAACCGGAGGATCGCCGCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCCCGCGGACTCCTCCTCGTCGCGGCTGTACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGATCATCAGGTTCTTCCTGATCCTCGTCCTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCTGCTAGGGTTCGAGCTGCTGGCGTATTCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGGGTGGCATTTCAGCCCCCCCTCCGTCGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCAAGGAGGTGCTGGGATTCGTGGAGCTGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTACGCGAATTGGCTCGAGATTAGGGCTACGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCTGGCGCCGCCGCTGCAGAGCTTGACCAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGTGCATTGTGCTGTTCCTTATACAGTCCGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATCGAGTGGTGTTGGTGTTGGGCTGCATTTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCAAGATCAAGGGGATAAAGCCGGTGGCGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCTGATTATGAGAAGAAGGAAGATTTGGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCGAAAGTGGGGATGAGGCGTATCCCATGGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGGTGCAGATTCCGATGTGCAACGAGAGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTTTATCAACAGTCTATTGCAGCAGTATGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAAGACTGGCCGAGGGAAAGAATGCTTGTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGTTCTTGATGATTCTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 15 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017488 
                 Cellulose 
                 GGCTTATTACAGATCCAGAAGCCGAGCGACAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TGAGCGTGTTTCAGAGGCAAGTACCATGGCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 GCCGAGAAAGGCGAAGAAGAACTCGGTCTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 CTCTCTCTCCTCTCTCCTCCTCCTCCGCCAGATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCTCGCTTCCGCCTTCGATCTCGGGGAGAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGGAAGGAAGAGGACGACGATGGAGGCCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGCGGCATGGCCGCCGGATCTTACAAGAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACGAGCTGGTCCGGATTCGCCACGACTCGGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCGGACCCAAACCCCTGAAGAATTTGAATGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAGATTTGTCAGATATGTGGCGATACTGTTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTTACGGCCAGCGGCGATGTTTTTGTTGCTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAATGAGTGTGCATTCCCTGTGTGCCGTCCCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTATGAGTACGAGAGGAAAGATGGTAACCAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATGTCCTCAGTGCAAGTCTCGATATAAGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CACAAAGGTAGTCCTCGAGTTGACGGAGATGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATGAGGATGAGGTTGATGACCTGGAGAATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTTCAATTATGCCCAGGGAACCAGTGCTGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGCAACAGTGGCAGGGAGAAGATCCAGATCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCTTCTTCTTCTAGACATGAATCTCGACATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATCCCTCTTCTAACCAATGGGCAGCCGATGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTGAAATCCCTTGTGCTAGTATTGACAGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCTGTGAGGACTACATCTGGACCTCTGGGTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCTGATAAACATGTGCACTCGCTTCCCTATGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATCCCAGACAGCCAGTTCCTGTGCGGATTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGATCCATCAAAGGATTTGAATACTTATGGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGGAAATGTTGACTGGAAGGAAAGGGTTGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGATGGAAACTTAAACAAGAGAAAAACATGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCAGATGCCAAACAAATATCATGAAGGGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACGACATAGAGGGCACTGGCTCTAATGGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAACTTCAAATGGCTGATGATGCACGTCAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTATGAGTCGTGTGGTGCCTATATCGTCGTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCTCACTCCGTACCGTGTTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 16 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017722 
                 Cellulose 
                 GAGAGAACCAGAGGAGCGACAGCTAGCGTTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 CCCGCACACCGCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 TGCTCATCCTCTTCTCTCTCTCAGCTCTGGTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 GTTTCGATCTGCATTTTTTCATGCTCTCCCTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTTCGGTTCGGTTCTGTTGGATTCGATTCGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGAGTTGAAGAAAGTGCTCTTCTTTGTGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAACTGAGCGTTTCGCCTCCCGTCCTCCGTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCTATCCGGTCAAGATCGGATTTTGAGGAATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACTCACGGATCTGTGTTTTTACTGGAAAACAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTGCTTCTGAATGCAACACTAGAGATCTCTAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCTTCTGCTAATGCCACATCAAGTTCGGAATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTGAAGTCATCCTCTCTTAGCATCCGAGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGGAGCTATTGCGATGGAGTCGGAAGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAACTGGGGGAAAGTCAATGAAAATTCTGGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTCAAGTCTACCAGATTTGTGGTGATAACGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCAAAAGTGTTGATGGCGAGCCGTTTGTTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGCAATGTCTGTGCATTTCCTGTCTGTAGGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCTATGAGTATGAGAGGAAAGACGGGAATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTCATGTCCTCAATGCAAAACCAGATACAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGCACAGAGGAAGTCCGGCTATTCTTGGTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAAGAAGAAGATGCTGATGCTGATGATAGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAGTGATTTCAATTACTCAGAAAATCAAAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTAAACCGGAAGACTGAAGAGCGCATCTTGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGGCACATGCAGTATGGACAGAATGAGGATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAGTGCACCAAACTACGATAAGGAGGTTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CACAACCATATTCCTCGACTTACAAGTGGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGGTTTCTGGGGAGTTATCTGCTGCTTCGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAACGCCTCTCTGTGGCATCTCCTGATGTTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCTGGGAAGCGCATCCATTCTCTACCTTATGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCCGATGCTAATCAATCACCTAACATCAGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTGGACCCAGTGCGGGAATTTGGTTCATCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACTGAACAACGTTGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 17 
                 eucalyptusSpp_022868 
                 Cellulose 
                 AGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TCGTCTTCGTTCTCATTTCCTCTCTCCTCCCCCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 TTGTTCATTCGTTTCTCGTTTCTGCTTCCGTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTTTGAGGGCAGCGGCAGAGAAAAAGCTTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTTTTCTTCGATAGAGTTCGTCCGTCCGTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATCGATAAGTAATTGTCTTATTTTGCTCAGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTGGATTCGTGATCAGGCCCTTCTTTTCCATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGTTTTTTTCAGTGGGTCTCTCTGCAATGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAGAGGAGTGACCTTTGAGCGAGCGATTCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGACATTTCCAGCTCTGCCTTCCTTTTTTTCCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTCTGCTTTGCTTGACCCAGAAGCAATATTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAGCAAATATTCTCTCTCCAACTCTCTGCTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTCAGATAATTCAATTGCCAGATCACAGAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTACTTGCTCTCATCAGCTCTGGTCCCTAGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCACATTCTCCCTCTCTCGCATTGCTCTGTTTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGATCGAAAAACAGAGCAAACGAGTCTCTGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAATGGACCGGCTCTCTGCAACTGGTCTCCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCGACACGTTCGGAGGAGCAAGAGACGACAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCCATGCAACTTTCGCTGATTTGGGCTCAGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAGGCGCCGTTGCTCGTCCCGTTGCTCCGGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCGGTGTTCCTTTGCCTGGCCATGTCGCTGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGTTCCTCGAGAGGGTGTACATGGCCGTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATCCTCTTGGTGAAGCTCTTCGGCCGGAAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGAGAAGCGGTACAGGTGGGAGCCCATGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACGACGTCGAGCTGGGCAACTCGGCCTACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCATGGTCCTGGTTCAAATCCCAATGTACAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCGAGAGGTTTATCAGCTCTCGATCGGAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCATGCGGTCTCTCGTGGCCGTCCGACCGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATCATTCAAGTCCTCGACGATTCCACCGACCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACGATCAAGGACCTGGTGGAGCTGGAGTGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGGTGGGCGAGCAAAGGGATCAACATCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTACGAGATCCGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 18 
                 eucalyptusSpp_023490 
                 Cellulose 
                 GCTCTCCAGAACGCTCTCTGTTCCTTCTTCTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TCTTCTTCTCATTAGCCCCCGTATCACTCATCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 CCAATGTCGCCATGATCTAGAGACGCCTTGCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGTGCTCCTTCCACGCGTCCCTCTCCCTCTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGTCCCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTTCCTCTGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGTTGGTTTATCTGAATCCACACAAGCGCTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTCTCTCTCTCTCCCTTTCGCCGCGGCTGGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTCTCTCCCATACTAGGACAAGAATGAGGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAATTCCTAGCTCCTTTTGGCTTTTCCTCTTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGACTCGGCTAAATCTTGCGAAAATTGGAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTCCAATCTTTATCCCGTGGAACCAAATTGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAAGTGGGTGTTTTTTCTAGATCAAGGTTGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGACCAAGACCAAGAATGGCGCCCTCGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATTGGTGGGCGAAAGGAGGCCACAAGGGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCCGGTCGTCGTCAAGATGGAGAACCCCAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTCCATGGTCGAGCTCGAGTCGCCGTCCGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGGACTTCCTCATCGGCGGCGACTCCGCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTCGGGGCGGGTCCGCGACAAGGGCCGGAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGAACGCCAAGCAGCTCACTTGGGTCCTCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTCAAGGCCCACAAAGCCGCCGGCTGCCTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTCCATTGCCGGCGCGGCGTTCACTCTCGCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGCGGTGCGGCGCCGCGTCGCCTCCGGAAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTGACGCTGATGCCGACGAAGCCGAGACCGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGAATCTCGCAGCGGCAGAGAGAAGGAGAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCACTGTGAAGTCCAGGATCTATGCGTGTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAAGCGTTTCTTTGGTTGTCGATTTTGTTGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGATTTGAGGTTGCTGCATACTTTAAGGGTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCATTTCGGAGCTCTCGAATTGCAATACTTGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCTGCACCTTTAGGGGTTAAGGGTGCCTTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTCCTTGTATTCGAGGTGGGTTTTGATTCGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGAGTATCTCGCTCCGCCGTTGCAGTTCTTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAATGTGTGCAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 19 
                 eucalyptusSpp_027512 
                 Cellulose 
                 GTCATATCCAGCTATCCAGTGGCTTTGGCATGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 GAGGCTGACGCATCGACATCGACCCCGCGCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 TGATGATCCCCATCGTCGCTGTCCTTCGTTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 CATTTCCCCCTCTTCGATTCGATCACCCCCCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCTTCCGCTCGATTTCAGATCAGTTTCGGATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGAGGCTTTTGCAGAAGTATAGAAGCTGCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGAAGTGGAAGGACTCCGATAAAGCAGATTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGATTGCCTCTTTAGCACGTGCGAAGGTGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGAGCCTCTACATATGCACCGATCTTGTTGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCGAGTCAGTTTTGCGTTCTTCTCTTGACGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCGGCAAAGAGGTGCTCCAGCGATGGAATCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCTGAAAATGGGGGAAAGCCCTTGAAAAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGGGGGGCCAAGTCTGCCAGATATGTGGTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAATGTCGGCAAAACTCTTGATGGGGAACCCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCATTGCTTGCGATGTCTGTGCATTTCCTGTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTCGGCCCTGCTACGAATACGAGAGGAAGGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAATCAGTCGTGCCCACAATGCAAGACCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATACAAGAGGCACAAAGGAAGTCCTGCCATTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGGTGACCATGAAGAGGATGGAGATGCTGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGACTACCATTACTCTTCTGAAGATCAAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAAAGGAGAAAATTGCAGAACGCATGTTGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGGCATATGACATATGGACGAGGGGAAAATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGCTCCGGCCAACTATGATGGAGAGGTTTCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTAACCATATTCCTCTGCTTACTAGTAGACAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGTTTCTGGAGAGTTATCTGCTGCTTCACCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCGACTTTCTATGGCATCTCCTGGAGTTGGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGTGCATCGCGTTCGTCCACTTTCTTATGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGATGTTACTCAATCACCTAACATAAGGGTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGATCCAGCGAGGGAATTTGGTTCACCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTGGCAATGTTGCTTGGAAGGAGAGAGTAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGCTGGAAGATGAAACAAGAGAAAAATGTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACCAATGAGCACTGGCC 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                   Pinus radiata  polysaccharide synthesis genes 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 DNA 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 SEQ 
                 Consensus 
               
               
                 ID 
                 ID 
                 Target 
                 Curated DNA seq 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 20 
                 pinusRadiata_000531 
                 Cellulose 
                 GATGGCTCGCACCTTGAGCGTCATGGATGAATT 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 TCTGTATATGGATCTGATCTGATAGAAATTCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 TGTCTGAATCTTGTCTTTTTTTATCACAGGGGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 AAGCTTTCATGCAGGACTTTTTAGCTTAAATTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGAATTTGGCAGAGAATTGAACTTAACAATGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGCCAGCGCCGGCTTGGTTGCCGGTTCTCATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAGAAACGAGTTCGTGGTCATCCATGGACATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGAGCCGAAGCCTTTGAACACGTTGAGTGGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACGTCTGCCAGATTTGTGGCGAGGACGTCGGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTAACACAGACGGCGAGCTGTTCGTTGCCTGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGAGTGCGGGTTTCCTGTCTGTCGGCCGTGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGAGTACGAGAGACGAGAAGGAAATCAGTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCCCGCAGTGCAATACTCGTTACAAGCGTCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAGGGAGTCCACGGGTGGAAGGTGACGATGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAAGAAGACGTTGATGACATAGAACATGAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTAATGTGGAGACTCAGCAAAGAAACAGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGATCACCGAGGCGATGCTCCACGGACGCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCTATGGCCGAGGTCCCGACGACGAAAATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCAGATTGCTCATAATCCAGAGCTTCCTCCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATTCCTGTACTTGCAAACGGCCACTCGGTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAGTGGGGAGATTCCAACGTCATACTACGCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAACCAATTGCTTGCCAACCCTGCAATGCTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCGTGTGCATCCAAGCTCCGAGCCGGGGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAAGGATCATCATGGATCCAAACAGGGATAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGTTCTTATGGCTTTGGGAACGTGTCTTGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGCGAGGCGATGGTTATAAATCGAAGGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAAATCAGGCCAGTTGGATATGACGGAAGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATATCAATATAATGGGGGGTTTGCACCAAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCCTGAAGATTATATTGATCCCGATATGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGACCGATGAAGCAAGGCAGCCACTGTCCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAAGTGCCAATTCCTTCAAGCAAAATAAATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATACCGAATG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 21 
                 pinusRadiata_002922 
                 Cellulose 
                 CGATACACTAAGAAAAGTAGTCGTGCAAGTATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 AGATGGCTGGCTGGGATAGTTGGAAAAGGAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 AGTAGAAATGGGACAGAAGTTTCATTCTGTAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 CTTTTTCATGGACTGTTAGTCTTCTCTTTGCTTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCTTAAGCAGCTTTAGTGCTGGCATTTTGATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCAGTAATCACAAGTTGGAGCTTTGGTCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTAGAAGGATTTGAGCCTGTTTTAGTGCATTAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGACCGTTTTAAGGTTGCTTTTTGCAGTTTTGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGGCTGGGATTGAAGTGGGGAGTTTAATGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCTAGGATGAAGGAGAGGCTGAGATACTGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATTTTGATGTGGGTTAAGCTGGATTTCAGCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTTCAATACCTTTTTGTTCTGGGGAGCAGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCAGTGAACGGGACTTTAGCAGGAAGAACCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTTGACGTGGAGCTAAGTGTTGTTAGGATTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGGTGATCAATTAGTGCGCGGGAGGTTCAGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAATGGAGGCTAGAACAAACACAGCAGCAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCTAACAAAAGGAATGTGCGTGTTTCGGTTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATGATGGAGAACTTGGGCCTAAGCCTCCACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACACATAAATAGCCACATTTGCCAGATATGTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAAGATGTTGGCTTAGCAGCAGATGGGGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTTTGTAGCTTGCAATGAGTGTGCATTTCCAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCAGGCCTTGCTATGAATATGAGTGGAAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGAAATCAATCTTGTCCACAATGCAAGACTAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATACAAGTGGCATAAAGGTAGCCCTCAAGTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGGTGACAAGGAAGATGAATGTGCAGATGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGGATCATGACTTCAACTCCACTCAGGGTAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGAATGAAAAACAGCAGATTGCAGAGGCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTGCATTGGCAAATGGCCTATGGACGAGGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGATGTTGGTCCATCACGCTCAGAAAGTCAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCTTCCTCAGCTTCAAGTTCCCCTTATTACCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGACAAGCGATTTCTGGTGAGTTGCCAGCAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCCTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 22 
                 pinusRadiata_003920 
                 Cellulose 
                 GTCATGGCTTCCAACGGGACTATGAACTCTCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 GTTTGTCAAGTTTGCGGGGACAACGTTGGGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 GATGCAAACAGTGAGCCCTTCGTTGCCTGCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 GACTGTGGCTTTCCTGTTTGTCGTCCCTGCCAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTACGAGAGAGACGAAGCAAGTCAGTGCTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGCATTGCAAAGCTCCGTATCGGCGCTACGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCGGCCCAGCTGATGAGGTTGAAGAGAACGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATCCCAACTTTGAAAAAGTAGAAGCAACTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTATGAAGGGGAAGGCTATCGTGTTGATTCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTAATGATAGTGAGATTAATAATGCTGAAACAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGATGGCAACAGCAAGGGCGTGGCGTGGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAAGAGTTGAGAGCTGGAAGTCCAAAAAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAAGAAAAAAACTGCCGCCAGCAAAACAGTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCCCGGCGTGGAAGGAATCCCAGAGCAGACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGGATCCAGAGGCGGAGGAAGCAATGATGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAGGCCGGGCAGCCGCTATCGTGTATAATACC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATTCCACGCACCAAACTCCAACCGTATAGGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTTGTTATTATGCGGCTGATCGTTCTAGGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTCTTCAGCTACCGAGTACAGAATCCTGTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCGCATTTGGCCTGTGGATGACCTCAGTTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGTGAGATCTGGTTCGCTTTATCCTGGATTCTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATCAGTTTCCCAAGTGGAATCCGATCAATCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAACATTCACAGACAGATTGTCTTTAAGGTAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGAGACCGGGCGAGCCCTGTGAGCTTGCGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTGGACTTCTTCGTGAGTACCGTGGACCCACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAAGAGCCTCCTTTAGTTACGGCCAACACCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTGTCCATTCTGGCTGTGGATTACCCTGTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAAGTTTCTTGCTATGTCTCTGACGATGGTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCCATGCTCACGTTCGAGACCATGTCGGAGAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCTGAGTTCGCTAGGAAGTGGGTTCCTTTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAGAACTTTAACATCGAGCCTCGAGCTCCTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTCTACT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 23 
                 pinusRadiata_017730 
                 Cellulose 
                 GAGATGGTGGCTATCTTTAACTGAAGAAAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 GGGCCTTAGGTATACAAGAAGCTGGAGAGAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 AGAAGCCAAGGTGCCAGCCAGTCCTTCAGCTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 TGGGACTCTGCCTGCCCATAGCCGGAGGCCTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACATATGATTCTAGGTTCATTTTTGGCGTATGCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CACAAGTTTCCTCGTGGAGAAAACACCAGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTTGATAAAATTCATGTTTTTTCTATTGCAGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTACCCCAAAATGGATTTTGAGCTGATAATGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGAGGATTCGACAAGGACGAGTTTGTTGGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTGCTGAAAAGCAAAGCAGATCTGCTGCGCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTGGAATTCAGCTTATATCCACTCTGCGATCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAATCCACTTTTCTCTAAAGACTGATAGCAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGGCCAATGCTGGACTGGTTGCTGGTTCTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAACAGGAATGAATTTGTAGTCATCAGGCCTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGCGAAGTGGGTCCTAAGCCTCTACATCATTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGTGTACAAATTTGCCATATCTGTAATGAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTTGGTCTCACAGTGGATGGGGAACTGTTTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCCTGCAACGAATGTGCATTCCCAATCTGCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACTTGCTACGAGTACGAGCGGAGTGAGGGTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCAGGTCTGCCCTCAATGCAAAACGAGATTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACGACATAAGGGAAGTGCCAGAGTTGAAGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGAAGATGAAGATGATGTTGATGACCTTGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATGAGTTCAATTTTGGGGACCGAGACAAACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATATGCAGTACATTGCAGAAGCGATGCTTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGGCATATGAGCTATGGCCGAGGTGGTGATAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATATGCCTCATGTAGTTCAGACAACTCTTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAAGTGCCACTACTTACCAATGGCCACATGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCCGGGATCCCTCCAGAACACCATGCTCTAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCTTCATATATGGGTGGGGGAAAAAGAATTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCATTCCCTTATGCCGATTCTAATCTTCCAGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAAGCCAGGTCAATGGATCCAACCAAGGACTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCAGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 24 
                 pinusRadiata_027109 
                 Cellulose 
                 AGATGTGAGATGGTGGCTATCTTTAACTGAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 AAAGAGGGCCTTAGGTATACAAGAAGCTGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP 
                 AGAGGAGAAGCCAAGGTGCCAGCCAGTCCTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 forming 
                 AGCTTTTGGGACTCTGCCTGCCCATAGCCGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCTGAACATATGATTCTAGGTTCATTTTTGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTATGCTCACAAGTTTCCTCGTGGAGAAAACAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGGGAACTTGATAAAATTCATGTTTTTTCTATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAGAAGTACCCCAAAATGGATTTTGAGCTGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATGGTATGAGGATTCGACAAGGACGAGTTTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGGGTTGTGCTGAAAAGCAAAGCAGATCTGCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCAATCTGGAATTCAGCTTATATCCACTCTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATCAGGAATCCACTTTTCTCTAAAGACTGATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAATGGAGGCCAATGCTGGACTGGTTGCTGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTCACAACAGGAATGAATTTGTAGTCATCAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTGAAGGCGAAGTGGGTCCTAAGCCTCTACAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATTTAAGTGTACAAATTTGCCATATCTGTAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGACGTTGGTCTCACAGTGGATGGGGAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTTTGTTGCCTGCAACGAATGTGCATTCCCAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGCAGGACTTGCTACGAGTACGAGCGGAGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGGTAACCAGGTCTGCCCTCAATGCAAAACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATTCAAACGACATAAGGGAAGTGCCAGAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAAGGAGATGAAGATGAAGATGATGTTGATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCTTGAAAATGAGTTCAATTTTGGGGACCGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACAAACAAGATATGCAGTACATTGCAGAAGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCTTCATGGGCATATGAGCTATGGCCGAGGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTGATACAGATATGCCTCATGTAGTTCAGACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACTCTTCCACAAGTGCCACTACTTACCAATGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CACATGGATCCCGGGATCCCTCCAGAACACCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTCTAGTCCCTTCATATATGGGTGGGGGAAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAATTCATCCATTCCCTTATGCCGATTCTAATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCCAGTCCAAGCCAGGTCAATGGATCCAACCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGACTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 25 
                 pinusRadiata_000892 
                 Cellulose 
                 GGTTCACGTTCATTCATTCACTCATCGTGAGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 GCAGTACATCAACAGTTCTTGAAGAACATTGAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 AGGTTGGCTATTTCAATCCTTTCATGGGGAATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTAAGTCTGGATCCGAGCCTGAACTCAATGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTTCAGCGATCCTTGTGCTTGGGAAGCCTGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTCCTTAATCATAGGATCTGCTAGTTCTGTATC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAATGCATTTTGAGTTCACGGAGCTGTATTTAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACATTTTAGGTTGCTGTTTTGCTATCTTAAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCATTAGGAGTAGTGACATAAACTGTAGTTTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGCCATAGGTTGCAATTCAGAGTAACTAGAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGTTGATTTTCATTGTACTGATTTTTTTGATGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACCCAATTTCGGTGTTGGGCAATGGTGGAGTAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAGAGCCACAAGGGAACCTCTGTTGTTGTGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATGGAGAACCCAAATTACTCAATGCTAGAATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAGAGCCCTGCAAATGGTTTTCAGGTCGATAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGGGGTCGAGGCAAGAATGCTAAGCAGCTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATGGGTTCTTCTGCTGAAGGCTCATAAGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGGATGCCTGGCTTGGCTTGCCAATGGAGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGCACTTTTTGCTTCAGTCAGAAGACGTTTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGCGCCTTCTGATGAATCAGGGAAGTCTTCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAAAAGCAAGCTTTACAGAGTTATCAGGTGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCTTATAGCTTCCATTTTCTTGTTAGGGTTTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTATTGGCTTATTGGAAGGGGTGGCATTTCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGGCCAAATCTGCATATTCCCCCATCTCTAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATAAATGGCCTTCTGCAATCTATATATTCAGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGGCTTTATACCAGAGCGAATTACCTAGCTCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCCTCTTCAGTATTTGGCCAATGTGTGCATCATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGTTCCTTATCCAGTCGGCGGATCGAGCCCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTATGCGTTGGTTGTTTTTGGATTAAACTGAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGATCAAGCCAGTTCCCAAATGTGAGTTGGGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATGCAGCTGATTTGGAGCAGGGAGACAAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 26 
                 pinusRadiata_008513 
                 Cellulose 
                 GACAACATACGTGTGCTTGCTTCGCCTTTGGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 ATTGAAGCAAGCTGCTGATGGAGCCTAACGACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 TTCCTTTGTATACTACACTGGAAAAGAAATCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTTATACAGAGCTTATTCGTGCACCCACTTTTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCAATAATCGGTCTCATATGTTATCGCTTGTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATATCCCAAGTGAGGATTCTTGGCCATGGATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGATATTTGTCGCAGAACTAGGCTTCTCGTAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCTGGATTCTGGATCAGGCCCTAAGATGGTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAGTTGAACGAACAGTCTTCCCAAACAGACTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTAAGAGGTTTCAGAGCAAGTTACCGCCTGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATATCTTTATTTGCACTGCTGATCCTTTCAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACCTCCACTGACTGTTATAAACACAGTATTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCGCTCTCGCCGTAGATTATCCCATGGGAAAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTCATGTTATGTTTCTGACGACGGAGGATCAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCTGACATTTTATGCTCTCTTGGAAGCTTCACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTTGCAAAGATCTGGATTCCATTTTGTGATAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATACTCCATTCAAGACAGATGTCCGGAGGTTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTCTCAAATCCCAGTGCTCTGGAAAACGTAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTGCCCTTCATGAAAGACTGGAAGCATGTAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAAAATGTATTCTGAATTGAAGGATCGAATCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAACGTCATGGAGATGGGCAGTGTTCCACCAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAAACAGAATGAACACCAAGGATTCAAGGACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGGCTTCTGGAAGCAGTAGGCGAGATCATCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTATAGTTCAGATTTTACTGGAGAAGGGAGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GACAGGGACATTGACGGAAATGATCTGCCCGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TCTTATATATGTCTCCCGTGAGAAGCGACCTGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATTCCCCACCATTATAAGGCTGGTGCTCTTAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTTCTGCTAAGAGTCTCTGGCGTAATGAGCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCTCCCTTCATTCTCACTCTTGATTGCGACATG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACACCAACAATCCTGAGGCCCTTCGGCAAGCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGTGCTTTTTCTTGGACCCTAAAACAGGTGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 27 
                 pinusRadiata_013907 
                 Cellulose 
                 CTGGTGTGCTGTTGCAGGAGAATGTGGGATCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 GGGTTCGAACTTCGTGGAGTGTAGGGTTTTGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 TTGGAATGAGGATAGAAGGGCGAACGAGAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTAGGGAAGGGCAGTTATTGATTGCGTGCGCGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTGGCTTATCGCATCTCGACATTCGCGGATCGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCTCACAAACTCCAGGCGGCCTCCGCATTGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGATCGGCGCAGCTTCTATGTAGGCGGGGCTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGATGGGTTCGTTTTCTATCAGTTAGAAGACGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGGAAGCGGAGGAGGACAACGTACTTACTATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTGTTATCGTTGTCAAAAGTCTTTCCAACTTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCCAAAGATCCATTCTTGCATTCACTGAAGTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAGATCCAGGTTTGGGCAGAGTGCTTTTTCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTTTTTGTTCATGTGACTCCCCGGGGGGTGGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGTCGTTTGGTTCTTATGTATGGCAACCAATTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGTTTCAAGAATGGTGGAACAAGGAGAAAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AACCCACAGGGGCACTTCCGTGGTAGTGAAAAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGAATCCAAATTGGTCCATGGTGGAATTGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGCCCCGACGACGATTTCCAGCATTCAGATAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAGGGCCGAGGCAAAAATGCCAGGCAACTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCTGGGTTTGGCTGCTGAAAGCCCATCGCGCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGGCTGTGTCGCCTGGCTCGCGCAGGGGCTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGCCTTCTCTCCGCCGTAAAAAGAAGGGTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTTGAACAAGAATCAAAATCGTGTGACAGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGGACAAACCAGGGAAAAGTAAACTGTATAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTCATTAGAGGGTTTCTGTTATTTGCCATTTTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCTAGGGTTTGAGATTGCGGCTTATATGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCTGGCACTTTAGCCGCCCTCCTTTCGACTTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCCGTCGCTGGACTTGCAGGGCGTTTTGCATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCATTTATTCTGAATGGGTATTTGTTAGGGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTTATCTTGCCCCTCCTCTTCAGACATTGGCCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATCTGTATTGTGCTGTTTCTTATCCAGTCGGCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 28 
                 pinusRadiata_026937 
                 Cellulose 
                 AAGTAGAGAAGCCAAAAAGATATGAGGTCTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 GTGTGCCTTTGATCATTGGTAACTGAAGCAAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 TGCCAATGGAGCCTAATGGCTTTCCTCTGTATA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGACACTGGAAAAGAAATCCTTCGTATACAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTTATGCCTGTGCCCACTTTTCTGCAATAATTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GTCTCCTATATTATCGCATTGTGTATATCCCAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAAGATTATTGGCCATGGATTATGATATTTGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGCAGAACTAGGCTTCGCCTACGGTTGGATTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGAGCAGGCCTTCAGGTGGCGGCCTGTTGAGCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAAAGTCTTCCCAGAAAGACTTTCTAAGAGGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAAGAGCGATCTACCGCCTGTTGATATATTTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGCACTGCTGATCCTATCAAAGAACCTCCACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCTGTCATAAACACAGTACTGTCGGCTTTGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTAGACTATCCCGTAGAAAAACTGTCATGTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTTTCTGATGATGGAGTATCCTCGCTTACATTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATGCTCTCTTCGAAGCTTCACGTTTTGCAAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATTTGGCTTCCATTTTGTTATAACTACTCGATTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGACAGATCACCAGAGGCATATTTCTCGGCAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATCTGGTCAGGAAAAGGAAAATATGTCCTTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTAGAGAATGTAAGAGTGTAAAGAAAGCGTAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGGAAATGAAGGATCGTATCAATAACGCTGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGATGGGAAGTGTTCCGGATGACAAACAGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAACACACGGGCTTCAAAGACTGGATTTTGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAGCACTAGGCGAGATCATCCGAGTATTGTTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GATTCTACTGGAGAACGGAGAGGACAAGGACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTCAGGGTAATGATCTGCCCAGTCTTATTTATGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTCCCGTGAAAAGCGACCGGGAATTCCTCACCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTACAAGGCCGGCGCTCTTAATGCTCTGATTAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AATCTCCGGCTTAATGAGCAATGCTCCCTTCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TATCACTCTTGATTGCGACATGTGCACCAACAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTGTGAAGCACTTCGTCAAGCCATGTGCTTTTTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 29 
                 pinusRadiata_027496 
                 Cellulose 
                 GCTGCTGCCAATTGCATAGATCTGCTCAAGGCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                 CCACCATGGATCGGTTGTCTTATTCCAGTGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 ACATATTGCCACAGACATTTCAAGGCACAAGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGACATAGTTGAGCAGATTGCGTTGCTTTGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCAGATTCGGGCTCCTCTGGTTGCCCCATTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAATATCTGTATTTACTTCTGCCTGCTCATGTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGTCATGCTCTTCATTGAAAGAGTTTATATGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGTAGTCATTGTGTTGATTAAGGTGTTTGGAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAGCCAGAGAAGAGATACAAGTGGGGGGCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTAAGGAGGACGTGGAGCTTGGCAACAGTGTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCCCATGGTCTTAGTGCAGATACCAATGTACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATGAGAGGGAGGTTTATCAGCTCTCAATTGGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CAGCATGTGCATTGTCATGGCCTTCAAATCGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTATCATTCAAGTGCTCGATGATTCCACTGACCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TACAATCAAGGATTTGGTGGAGATGGAATGTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAATGGGCGAGTAAAGGCATAAATATCAAGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACGAAATCAGAGGCAACAGAAATGGGTACAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGGTGCCCTGAAAGAGGGAATGAAGCATAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CTACGTAAGGGAATGCGATTACGTTGTAATATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGATGCAGATTTTCAGCCCGATCGAGACTTTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAGCAGAACGATTCCATTCTTAGTGCACAATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAATTGGCCTTAGTTCAAGCTCGTTGGAAGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCATGAATGAATGGTGGATTGATTGATTGATT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCCTATCAACCACAACACACACAGAAAAGGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGAAGGCCGTCAGGACTCAGGGGGGCCTCCCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGGTCTCCGTTGGTCCTGTTTTTCCACTCCCCCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCCATCTCATTCCAAGTGTTTGGCCTGCAGCAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCTGGCCAACCTGGCAGCCGCGCCAGTGGTAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGCGATGTGTACTTTTCACCTTCAGTCTATTCGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCAGGACTGTAACACGTAAAGTTTTACGAAGTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CATTATCAGCTCTGTTGTATCAATCAATGAACA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AA 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                   Eucalyptus grandis  polysaccharide synthesis peptides 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SEQ ID 
                 Consensus ID 
                 Gene Product 
                 Curated Peptide Sequence 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 30 
                   
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEARAGLVAGSYKRNELMVVPGHDGP 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 KPIRLSTLQDCQVCGDKIGCNPNGELFV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACNECGFPVCRPCYEYERKDGNRCCPQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKTRYRRHKGSPRVEGDDEEDGMDDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EQEFNMERDRQSVVSHRGNAFDATPRA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AHSIANRSINGDNYALSLPPIMDGDSLS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VQRFPHAATVIGNGLDPVKENYGSAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WKERVENWKAKHDKKSGSIKDGIYDP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DEADDIMMTEAEARQPFSRKVPIPSSLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NPYRIVIVLRLIILGFFFRYRLMNPAKDA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LGLWLTSIICEIWFAFSWILDQFPKWFPI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TRETYLDRLSMRYEREGEPCKLAPVDF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FVSTVDPLKEPPLITANTVLSILAADYPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DRVSCYVSDDGASMLTFDSMTETSEFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RKWVPFCKKYSIEPRAPDFYFSQKIDYL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KDKVQPTFVKERRAMKREYEEFKVRIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALVSTAQNTFDEGWVMQDGTPWPGNN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TRDHPGMIQVFLGSSGAHDIEGNELPRL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VYVSREKRPGYQHHKKAGAMNALVRV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SAVLTNAPFILNLDCDHYLNNSKAVRE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AMCFLMDPQLGKKLCYVQFPQRFDGID 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RHDRYANRNTVFFDINMKGLDGIQGPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YVGTGCVFNRQALYGYDPPVSQKKPK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MTCDCWPSWCCCCFGSRKKTKKSSKK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FFGRKKSSKPTEIAAPIFSLEEIEEGLEGY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EEHEKSWLMSQKSFEKRFGQSPVFITST 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LMENGGVPESVNSPALIKEAIHVISIGYE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EKTEWGKEIGWIYGSVTEYILTGFKMH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CRGWRSVYCMPPRPAFKGSAPINLSDR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LHQVLRWALGSIEIFLSRHCPLWYAYG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GNLKWLERLAYINTIVYPFTSIPLVAYC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TLPAICLLTGKFITPTLTSLASVWFMGLF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ISIIATGVLELRWSGVSIEEFWRNEQFW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VIGGVSAHLFAVFQGLLKVLGGVDTNF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TVTAKGSDEEDQFGELYMFKWTTLLIP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PTTLLIINLVSLVAGVSAAVNNNYQSW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GPLFGKLFFACWVILHLYPFLKGLLGRQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NRTPTIVILWS 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 31 
                 eucalyptusSpp_000984 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 AQEREYEEFKVQINALVAKAQKMPEEG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 WTMQDGTAWAGNNPRDHPGMIQVFL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GHSGGLDTDGNELPRLVYVSREKRPGF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QHHKKAGAMNALIRVSAVLTNGAYLL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NVDCDHYFNNSKALKEAMCFMMDPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YGKKTCYVQFPQRFDGIDLHDRYANRN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IVFFDINLKGLDGIQGPVYVGTGCCFNR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QALYGYDPVLTEEDLEPNIIVKSCCGSR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKGKGGNKKYIDKKRAMKRTESTVPIF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NMEDVEEGVEGYDDERSLLMSQKSLE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KRFGQSPVFISATFMEQGGLPPSTNPAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LLKEAIHVISCGYEDKTEWGKEIGWIYG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SVTEDILTGFKMHARGWISIYCMPPRPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FKGSAPINLSDRLNQVLRWALGSIEILLS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RHCPIWYGYNGKLRLLERLAYINTIVYP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LTSIPLIAYCILPAFCLLTNKFIIPEISNFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SMWFILLFVSIFTTGILELRWSGVSIEDW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WRNEQFWVIGGTSAHLFAVFQGLLKVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGIDTNFTVTSKAGDEDGDFAELYVFK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WTSLLIPPTTVLIVNIIGIVAGVSYAINSG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YQSWGPLFGKLFFAIWVIAHLYPFLKGL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LGRQNRTPTIVIVWSILLASIFSLLWVRI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DPFTSATTASTANGQCGINC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 32 
                 eucalyptusSpp_003922 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEVSSGLVAGSHNRNELVVIRRENELG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 QKPLQKILSGQICQICGDDVGLTVDGELF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VACNECAFPICRTCYEYERREGSQICPQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKTRFKCLRGCARVDGDEEEDGVDDLE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NEFNFDGRHRQEMDRQGYGAEAMLHG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HMSYGRGSDLDLSHVHPLPQVPLLTNG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QMVDDIPPEHHALVPAYMGAGGGGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGKRIHPLPFTDSGLPVQPRSMDPSKDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAYGYGSVAWKERMESWKQKQEKLQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TMKNEKGGKEWDDDGDNPDLPLMDE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ARQPLSRKLPISSSQINPYRMIIVIRLVVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GFFFHYRVMHPVNDAYALWLISVICEI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WFGLSWILDQFPKWLPIDRETYLDRLSL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RYEKEGQPSQLAPVDIFVSTVDPLKEPP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LVTANTVLSILAVDYPVDKVSCYVSDD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAAMLTFEALSETSEFARKWVPFCKKF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NIEPRAPEFYFAQKIDYLKDKVEASFVK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ERRAMKREYEEFKVRINALVAKAQKVP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EEGWTMQDGTPWPGNNVRDHPGMIQV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLGQSGGHDSDGNELPRLVYVSREKRP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GYNHHKKAGAMNALVRVSAVLTNAPY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LLNLDCDHYFNNSKAIREAMCFMMDPL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IGKRVCYVQFPQRFDGIDRHDRYANRN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TVFFDINMKGLDGIQGPIYVGTGCVFRR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LALYGYDAPKAKKPPTRTCNCLPKWCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGCCCSGTKKKKKTTKPKTELKKRFFK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKDAGTPPPLEGIEEGIEVIESENPTPQH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KLEKKFGQSSVFVASTLLEDGGTLKGTS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PASLLKEAIHVISCGYEDKTEWGKEVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WIYGSVTEDILTGFKMHCHGWRSIYCIP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ARPAFKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLRWALGSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EIFLSRHCPLWYGYGGGLKWLERLSYI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NATVYPWTSIPLLAYCTLPAVCLLTGKF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ITPELSNVASLWFLSLFICIFATSILEMR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WSGVGIEEWWRNEQFWVIGGVSAHLF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AVFQGLLKVLAGVDTNFTVTSKGGDD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEFSELYAFKWTTLLIPPTTLLIINLIGVV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGVSNAINNGYESW 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 33 
                 eucalyptusSpp_004683 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MAPSLDSWAKQNVHKGTPVVVKMENL 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 NWSMLELESPSDEDIFPAGAPAAGEGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 APERTRNKNAKQLTWVLLLRAHRAAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CLASMAAAFLGLASAVRRRVAAGRTD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NDVSEASRRGGGVRESPTLKARFYTCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KVFLWLSIVLLGFEVAAYFKGWHYGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HNVELQHLLATSFSVKGVFDRLYSKWV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SIRVEYLAPPLQFLANACIVLFLIQSLDR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LVLCLGCFWIKFKNIKPIPKEDASVDVE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SGEKGYFPMVLVQLPMCNEKEVYQQSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAVCNLDWPKSKLLIQVLDDSDDPTAQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLIKEEVNKWQQEGARIVYRHRVIREG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YKAGNLKSAMNCSYVKEYEFVSIFDAD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FQPAPDFLKRTVPHFKDNDELGLVQAR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WSFVNKDENLLTRLQHINLAFHFEVEQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QVNGVFLNFFGFNGTAGVWRIKALEDS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GGWLERTTVEDMDIAVRAHLHGWKFIF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LNDVEAQCELPESYEAYRKQQHRWHS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GPMQLFRLCLPAIIKSKISIWKKFNLIFLF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLLRKLILPFYSFTLFCIILPMTMFVPEAE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LPAWVVCYIPATMSFLNILPAPKSFPFIV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PYLLFENTMSVTKFNAMISGLFQLGSAY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EWVVTKKSGRSSEGDLLSLVEKETKHK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RGNSAPDLEALKEEISRQEKKASRKKK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HNRIYTKELTLAFLLLTASARSLLSAQG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VHFYFLLFQGISFLLVGLDLIGEQVE 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 34 
                 eucalyptusSpp_005009 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MAQISAKDLIPDSLTMSREDIAGQLGM 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 VWELIKAPLIVPVLRLSVYVCLAMALM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LFMERVYMGIVIVLVKLFWKKPEKRYN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WEPIEEDLESGSSNFPFVLVQIPMYNEK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EVYKISIGAACGLSWPADRLVIQVLDDS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TDPVIKQMVELECQRWASKGINIVYQIR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ETRGGYKAGALKEGLKRSYVKHCEFV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AIFDADFRPEPDYLKRAIPYFLRNPDLA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LVQARWRFVNSNECLLTRMQEMSLDY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HFTVEQEVGSATHAFFGFNGTAGVWRI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAINEAGGWKDRTTVEDMDLAVRASL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RGWKFVYLGDLQVKSELPSTFKAFRFQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QHRWSCGPANLFRKMVMEIVRNKKVR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FWKKVYVIYSFFFVRKIIAHMVTFFFYC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VVLPLTIWVPEVHVPIWGAVYIPSIITIL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NSVGTPRSIHLLFYWILFENVMSMHRTK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATFIGLLEAGRANEWVVTEKLGDTLKN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KSKKLRFTFNFADRLHLLELGFGVFLFV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCYDFLYGKNNYFVYLWLQTITFFIA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GFGYIGTIV 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 35 
                 eucalyptusSpp_007860 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MSGFAVGSHSRNELHVTNGGAADEHR 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 SPPRQNAARTCRVCGDEIGLKDDGAPF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VACHECGFPVCRPCYVYERSDGTQCCP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QCNARYKRHKGCPRVAGDDEDDHFEG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EDFEDEFQIRNRGENEVRPTGFDRSENG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DSHAPQVHPNGQVFSSAGSVVGAELEG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EGNAEWKERIEKWKIRQEKRGLVGKD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DGGNGDGEEDDYLMAEARQPLSRKVPI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SSSKISPYRIVIVLRLVVLGFFLHFRILTP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATDAFPLWLISVICETWFALSWILDQFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KWNPINRETYLDRLSIRFEREGEPSRLTP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VDVFVSSVDPLKEPPIITANTVLSILAVD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YPVDKVCCYVSDDGASMLLFDTLSETA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EFARRWVPFCKKYSIEPRTPEFYFSQKID 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YLKDKVEPSFVKERRAMKREYEEFKVR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VNALVAK420AQKKPEEGWVMQDGTP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WPGNNTRDHPGMIQVYLGSAGALDVE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GKELPRLVYVSREKRPGYQHHKKAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MNALVRVSAVLTNAPFLLNLDCDHYIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NSKAIREAMCFLMDPQLGKKLCYVQFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QRFDGIDRHDRYANRNIVFFDINMRGL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DGIQGPVYVGTGCVFNRQALYGYDPPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SQKRPKMTCDCWPSWCSCCCGGSRKS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KSKKKDDTSLLGPVHAKKKKMTGKNY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LKKKGSGPVFDLEDIEEGLEGFDELEKS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLMSQKNFEKRFGQSPVFIASTLMEDGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LPEGTNSTSLIKEAIHVISCGYEEKTEWG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEIGWIYGSVTEDILTGFKMHCRGWKS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VYCMPKRPAFKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WALGSVEIFLSRHCPLWYAWGGKLKLL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ERLAYINTIVYPFTSIPLLFYCTIPAVCLL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGKFIIPTLTNFASIWFLALFLSIIATGVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ELRWSGVSIEDWWRNEQFWVIGGVSA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HLFAVFQGLLKVLAGVDTNFTVTAKAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EDSEFGELYLFKWTTLLKPPTTLIILNM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VGVVAGVSDAINNGYGSWGPLFGKLFF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AFWVIVHLYPFLKGLMGKQNRTPTIVV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LWSVLLASIFSLVWVRIDPFLPKQTGPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LKPCGVEC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 36 
                 eucalyptusSpp_008124 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEAGAGLVAGSHNRNELVVIHGHEESK 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 PLKNLDGQVCEICGDEVGLTVDGDLFV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACNECGFPVCRPCYEYERREGSQLCPQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKTRYKRLKGSPRVEGDDDEEDIDDLE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HEFNIEDEQNKHKYMAEAMLHGKMSY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GRGPEDDDNAQFPSVIAGGRSRPVSGEF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PISSYGHGEMPSSLHKRVHPYPISEPGSE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RWDEKKEGGWKERMDDWKLQQGNLG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PEPDDINDPDMAMIDEARQPLSRKVPIA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SSKINPYRMVIVARLAILAFFLRYRILNP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VHDAFGLWLTSIICEIWFAFSWILDQFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KWFPIDRETYLDRLSLRYEREGEPNMLS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PVDVFVSTVDPMKEPPLVTGNTVLSILA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MDYPVDKISCYVSDDGASMLTFESLSE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TAEFARKWVPFCKKFSIEPRAPEMYFTL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KIDYLKDKVQPTFVKERRAMKREYEEF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KVRINALVAKAAKVPPEGWIMQDGTP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WPGNNTKDHPGMIQVFLGHSGGLDAD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GNELPRLVYVSREKRPGFQHHKKAGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MNALVRVSGVLTNAPFMLNLDCDHYI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NNSKAVREAMCFLMDPQIGRKVCYVQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FPQRFDGIDTNDRYANRNTVFFDINMK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GLDGIQGPVYVGTGCVFRRQALYGYEP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PKGPKRPKMVSCDCCPCFGRRKKLPKY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SKHSANGDAADLQGMDDDKELLMSEM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NFEKKFGQSAIFVTSTLMEQGGVPPSSS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PAALLKEAIHVISCGYEDKTEWGTELG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WIYGSITEDILTGFKMHCRGWRSIYCMP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KRPAFKGSAPINLSDRLNQVLRWALGS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VEIFFSHHSPVWYGYKGGKLKWLERFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YVNTTIYPFTSLPLLAYCTLPAICLLTDK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FIMPAISTFASLFFIALFMSIFATGILELR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WSGVSIEEWWRNEQFWVIGGVSAHLF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AVVQGLLKVLAGIDTNFTVTSKASDDE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DFGELYAFKWTTLLIPPTTILIINLVGVV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGISDAINNGYQAWGPLFGKLFFAFWV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ILHLYPFLKGLMGRQNRTPTIVVIWSVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LASIFSLLWVRIDPF 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 37 
                 eucalyptusSpp_008896 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MDRLSATGLLPDTFGGARDDISMQLSLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 WAQIKAPLLVPLLRLAVFLCLAMSLML 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLERVYMAVVILLVKLFGRKPEKRYRW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EPMKDDVELGNSAYPMVLVQIPMYNE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 REVYQLSIGAACGLSWPSDRIIIQVLDDS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TDPTIKDLVELECQRWASKGINIRYEIR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DNRNGYKAGALKEGMKRSYVKQCDY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VAILDADFQPEPDFLWRTIPFLVHNPEV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALVQARWKFVNADECLMTRMQEMSL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DYHFTVEQEVGSSTHAFFGFNGTAGVW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RISALNEAGGWKDRTTVEDMDLAVRA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLKGWKFVYLGSLKVKNELPSTFKAYR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FQQHRWSCGPANLFRKMAMEIIRNKKV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TLWKKVHVIYSFFLVRKIVAHIVTFIFYC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VVLPATVFVPEVTVPKWGAVYIPSIITV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LNAVGTPRSLHLVVFWILFENVMSFHR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TKATFIGLLEAGRVNEWIVTEKLGDAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KVKASNKVPKKPKFRFGDRLHVLELGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAYLFFCGCYDIAFGRNHYFMYLFAQA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IAFFIMGFGYIGTFVPNS 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 38 
                 eucalyptusSpp_012804 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEHRSRPLNLCHVDPKLIAVNRAHMLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 HGAALLILIHYRASFFFAEEASSPGQPTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LAWLIIFLGELTLSLTWLLHQAFRWRPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SRTAFPERLPGDGELPSIDVLVCTADPD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEPTVAVMNTVISAMALDYPPEKLHVY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSDDGGSLLTLHGMREAYDFARRWLPF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKRFGIKTRCPKAYFMDDEDVSASVGY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ESEKKEVKEKYELFEAHINGYRNRNYG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ESRDGRLDHPSTIEVIHGNSSDEVVQAD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QQQMPLLVYVSREKRPSYPHNFKAGAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NVLLRVSGVISNSPYVLVLDCDMYCND 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PSSARRAMCFHLDPTLSPSLSFVQFPQSF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HNISKNDIYDSKIRSPFGTLLCGMDGLQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GPLIAGTGFYIKRESLYSEPMQEGTTAN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LMDLKAIFGHSNEFIKHLHWSDKLNKNI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSEPGTVCRDTEHLASCHYENGTKW 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 39 
                 eucalyptusSpp_016249 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MNTGGRLIAGSHNRNEFVLINADESSRI 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 KSVKELSGQICQICGDEVEIADGELFVA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CNECAFPVCRPCYEYERREGNQACPQC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KTRYKRLKGSPRVEGDEEEDDIDDLDN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EFDYDPSDPQHVAEKTFSSRLNYGRGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HRNASGMPTDYESSPLSSQIPLLTYGQE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DAEISPDQHALIVPPATGHAYRVHPMPY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PDSSNPLHPRPMAPEKDITLYGYGSVA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WKDKMEKWRKKQNEKLQVVKHEGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DGGDFGSDELDDPDLPMMDEGRQPLSR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KLPIPSSKINPYRLLIILRLVILGLFLHYRI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LHPVNDAYGLWLTSVICEIWFAVSWIL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DQFPKWYPIERETYLDRLSLRYEREGKP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SELAPVDVFVSTVDPMKEPPLITANTVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SILAVDYPVDKVACYVSDDGAAMLTFE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALSETSEFAKKWVPFCKRFNIEPRAPEW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YFSQKMDYLKNKVHPEFVRERRAIKRE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YEEFKVRINALVAMAQKVPEEGWTMQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DGTPWPGNNVRDHPGMIQVFLGHSGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CDDDGNELPRLVYVSREKRPGFEHHKK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGAMNALIRVSAVISNAPYLLNVDCDH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YINNSKALREAMCFMMDPTSGKKVCY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VQFPQRFDGIDRHDRYSNRNVVFFDIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MKGLDGLQGPIYVGTGCVFRRQALYG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HDAPSKKKPPSKTCNCWPKWCCLCCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GRKNKKGKTKKERSKKTKNRETSKQIH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALENIEEGVSEVSNEKSSEMTQIKLEKK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FGQSPVFVASTTLEDGGVPPDASPASLL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEAIQVISCGYEDKTEWGKEVGWIYGS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VTEDILTGFKMHCHGWRSVYCIPKRPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLRWALGSVEIFL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SRHCPIWYGYGGGLKWLERFSYINSVV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YPWTSIPLIVYCSLPAICLLTGQFIVPEIS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NYASLVFMALFISIAATGILEMQWGGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GIDDWWRNEQFWVIGGVSSHLFALVQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GLLKVLGGVNTNFTVTSKAADDGAFSE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LYIFKWTSLLIPPMTLLIMNIVGVVVGIS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DAINNGYDSWGPLF 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 40 
                 eucalyptusSpp_016939 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MDTGVHMRRMSTPGIRQVNNSRDDTD 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 SVVSSAEFASYTVHIPPTPEYQPMYMSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ETSNAEKVEDLYASNSLFTGGYNRATR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SFLKEKMTDSVSNHPQMAGMNGSMCE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IPGCDAKIMRDERGEDIVPCDCDFKICR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DCFRDAVRGGDVICLGCKEPYKGLDM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AEPEMNDGRRVSSGGMSKRERRMSMI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KSRMSLKRSEMDDFDHRNWLFETKGS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YGYGNAMWPKEDVDGDDDGFGNPQV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LHDKKWRPLTRKVNVSPKILSPYRLLIF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LRIIALALLLMWRIKHPNEDAMWLWA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MSVVCEIWFGFSWLLDQLPKLCPINRTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DLGALKMKFETPSPTNPTGKCDLPGIDI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FVSTADPEKEPPLVTANTILSILAADYPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EKLACYVSDDGGALLTFEAMAEAASFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NLWVPFCRKHRIEPRNPESYFSLKRDPY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KDKVRQDFVRDRRRVKREYDEFKVRIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GLSNSIRRRSDAYNACEEIKAAKLQNK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NESGEGVESLKIPKATWMADGTHWPG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TWTGPAAEHSRGDHASVIQVMLKPPSD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EPLRGTESTSPIDLAEVDIRLPMLVYISR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EKRPGYDHNKKAGAMNALVRASAIMS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NGPFILNLDCDHYIYNSQAMREGMCFM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MDRGGDRICYVQFPQRFEGIDPSDRYA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NHNTVFFDVNMRALDGLQGPVYVGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CLFRRTALYGFDPPRVKEHGGCFSQIFK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RHRSAATVASTPEVSLVENRFLGMGDS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SQEEVNLLPNKFGNSVLFVESIHIAEFQG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RPLADDPSVKNGRPPGALTIPRQLLDAP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TVAEAISVISCWYEDKTEWGQRIGWIY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GSVTEDVVTGYRMHNRGWRSIYCVTK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RDAFRGTAPINLTDRLHQVLRWATGSV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EIFFSRNNALLASRRMKFLQRIAYMNV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GLYPFTSIFLVVYCFLPALSLFSGQFIVQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLDVTFLTYLLAITVTLCILAMLEIKWS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GIELEEWWRNEQFWLIGGTSAHLAAVI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QGLLKVIAGIEISFTLTSKSAGDENDDEF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AELYLFKWTSLMILPITI 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 41 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017058 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEHSSGPLNLCHVLTKSIIINRTHMLVH 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 ATALSALIYYRASFFFSESKSRDRATTL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACLTMFLAELGLSFLWLLSQAFRWRPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RRTAFPKRLPEDKELPPIDVFVCTADPD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEPTVDVMNTVVSAMALDYPPEKLHV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YLSDDGGSTLTLHGTREAYDFARWWL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PFCKRYGIKTRCPKAFFKEEEDGEGIGM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SSDNEFGSEKKIVKEKYELFKERVNEYR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KRHRGDSSHTGRDHPPTIEVVRGNVPD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EVMQAHQDPMPKLIYVSREKRPSHHHH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FKAGALNVLLRVSGVMSNSPYILVLDC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DMYCNDPSSARQAMCFHLDPRLSPSLM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LVQFPQMFHNISENDIYDSKLRPYFWTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WYGMDGLKGPVLSGTCFYIKRESLYRK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PVQEGYDLMDLKKLFGHSNEFIKYLGQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEKPSKNTIAGDSAALMKETQLLTSCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YEYGTKWGQEVGFKYYSVVEDYFTSFT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LHCRGWTSVFYTPSKPQFLGTATTNFN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DMLIQGMRWYSGLSQVGISRFCPLIYGS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LRMPILQSMCYAELSLFPLYCLPICCFAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IPQICLVNGISIYPEVPSSYIMLFAFIFLSS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LCKHLYEVVASGHSVQTFLNEQRIWMI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KSTTCYVYGTIDAIMTQIGMRTASFLPT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NKVDDDEQSKRYEMGIFDFQTSIMFLA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PMVTLVILNMASFFGGVARVLTLGGFD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KLFMQIALSLFVLVMSYPVIKAMVLRT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DKGRIPRSVTTLSAFLSLVLLLQGSSFLM 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 42 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017442 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEANAGMVAGSYKRNELVRIRHDSDS 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 APKPLKHLDGHMCQICGDTVGLSASGD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VFVACNECAFPVCRPCYEYERKDGNQC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CPQCKTRYKRQKGSPRVEGDDDEDGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DDLENEFSYTRGNARRRQWQGDDPDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SSSSRRESQHPVPLLTNGLPISGEIPCATP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DNQSVRTTSGPLGPSDRHSVHSVDPRQP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VPVRIVDPSRDLNSYGLGNVDWKERVE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SWKLKQEKNIPHMTSRFPEGKGDIEGT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GSYGEELQMADDARLPLSRVVPISSSHL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TPYRVVIILRLIILGFFLQYRATHPVKDA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YPLWLTSVICEIWFALSWLLDQFPKWFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 INRETYLDRLALRYDREGEPSQLAPIDIF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VSTVDPLKEPPLVTANTVLSILAVDYPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DKVSCYVSDDGSAMLTFEALSETAEFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKWVPFCKKHNIEPRAPEFYFAQIDYLK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DKIQPSFVKERRAMKREYEEFKVRINAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VAKAQKVPEEGWTMQDGTPWPGNNPR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DHPGMIQVFLGHSGGLDTDGNELPRLV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YVSREKRPGFQHHKKAGAMNALIRVSA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VLTNGAYLLNVDCDHYFNNSKALKEA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MCFMMDPALGKKTCYVQFPQRFDGID 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LHDRYANRNIVFFDINLKGLDGIQGPVY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VGTGCCFNRQALYGYDPVLTEADLEPN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IIVKSCCGPRKKGKGGDKNYIDKKRAV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KRTESNIPIFNMEDIEEGMEGYDDERSL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LMSQKSLEKRFGQSPVFIAATFMEQGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LPPSTNPASLLKEAIHVISCGYEDKTEW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GKEIGWIYGSVTEDILTGFKMHARGWIS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IYCMPPRPAFKGSAPINLSDRLNQVLRW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALGSIEILLSRHCPIWYGYNGRLKWLER 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LAYINTIVYPLTSIPLIAYCILPAFCLLTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KFIIPEISNFASMWFILLFVSIFATGILELR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WSGVSIEDWWRNEQFWVIGGTSAHLF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AVFQGLLKVLAGIDTNFTVTSKASDED 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GDFAELYVFKWTSLLIPPTTVLIVNLVGI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VAGVSYAINSGYQSWGPLFGKLFFAIW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VIAH 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 43 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017462 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MSRAPNREFQEWWNKQRERGLDLSSPS 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 SADGPSTSGGGGGGGGPLLAVEIRTPRS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DQAVEKSRARSARQLSWVCLLRFQQIA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLLASAAGSFLSVLRTANRRIAASPADS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SSSRLYRIIRFFLILVLVLLGFELLAYSKG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WHFSPPSVGSKEVLGFVELVYANWLEI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RATYLAPPLQSLTNVCIVLFLIQSVDRV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VLVLGCIWIKIKGIKPVASADYEKKEDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ESESGDEAYPMVLVQIPMCNEREVYQQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SIAAVCIQDWPRERMLVQVLDDSDDLD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VQLLIKSEVQKWQQRGIRIVYRHRLIRT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GYKAGNLKSAMSCDYVKDYEFVAIFD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ADFQPGPDFLKKTIPYFKGNDDLALVQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TRWAFVNKDENLLTRLQNINLSFHFEV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EQQVNGVFINFFGFNGTAGVWRIKALE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ECGGWLERTTVEDMDIAVRAHLCGWK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FIYLNDVKCLCELPESYEAYKKQQHRW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HSGPMQLFRLCFFDIIRSKVSLAKKANLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLFFLLRKLILPFYSFTLFCIILPLTMFLPE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AQLPAWVVCYVPGVMSILNILPAPRSFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FIVPYLLFENTMSVTKFNAMISGLFKFG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SSYEWIVTKKLGRSSEADLLTFGEKGSD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PLLETSNLHRSSSESGLAELNKMEMTK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KAGKLRRNRLYRKELGLAFILLTAAVR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLLSAQGIHFYFLLFQGISFLVVGLDLIG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EQVS 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 44 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017488 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MACRERRRRTRSLLSLLSPPPPPDPLAS 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 AFDLGEKEGRKRTTMEANGGMAAGSY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KRNELVRIRHDSDGGPKPLKNLNGQIC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QICGDTVGLTASGDVFVACNECAFPVC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RPCYEYERKDGNQSCPQCKSRYKRHKG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SPRVDGDDDEDEVDDLENEFNYAQGTS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AARQQWQGEDPDLSSSSRHESRHPIPLL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TNGQPMSGEIPCASIDSQSVRTTSGPLGP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SDKHVHSLPYVDPRQPVPVRIVDPSKDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NTYGLGNVDWKERVEGWKLKQEKNM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TQMPNKYHEGKNDIEGTGSNGEELQM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ADDARQPMSRVVPISSSHLTPYRVVIILR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LIILGFFLQYRVTHPVKDAYPLWLTSVI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CEIWFALSWLLDQFPKWSPINRETYLDR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LALRHDREGEPSQLAPVDVFVSTVDPL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEPPLITANTVLSILAVDYPVDKVSCYV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SDDGSAMLTFEALSETAEFARKWVPFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKHNIEPRAPEFYFAQKIDYLKDKIQPSF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VKERRAMKREYEEFKVRINALVAKAQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KMPEEGWTMQDGTAWPGNNPRDHPG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MIQVFLGHSGGLDTDGNELPRLVYVSR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EKRPGFQHHKKAGAMNALIRVSAVLTN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAYLLNVDCDHYFNNSKALKEAMCFM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MDPAYGKKTCYVQFPQRFDGIDLHDRY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ANRNIVFFDINLKGLDGIQGPVYVGTGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CFNRQALYGYDPVLTEEDLEPNIIVKSC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CGSRKKGKGGNKKYIDKKRAMKRTES 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TVPIFNMEDVEEGVEGYDDERSLLMSQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KSLEKRFGQSPVFISATFMEQGGLPPST 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NPATLLKEAIHVISCGYEDKTEWGKEIG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WIYGSVTEDILTGFKMHARGWISIYCMP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PRPAFKGSAPINLSDRLNQVLRWALGSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EILLSRHCPIWYGYNGKLRLLERLAYIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TIVYPLTSIPLIAYCILPAFCLFTNKFIIPEI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SNFASMWFILLFVSIFTTGILELRWSGVS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IEDWWRNEQFWVIGGTSAHLFAVFQGL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LKVLAGIDTNFTVTSKAGDEDGDFAEL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YVFKWTSL 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 45 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017722 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MESEGETGGKSMKILGGQVYQICGDNV 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 GKSVDGEPFVACNVCAFPVCRPCYEYE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RKDGNQSCPQCKTRYKRHRGSPAILGD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QEEDADADDSVSDFNYSENQNLNRKTE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ERILSWHMQYGQNEDVSAPNYDKEVS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HNHIPRLTSGQEVSGELSAASPERLSVA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SPDVGAGKRIHSLPYVADANQSPNIRVV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DPVREFGSSGLNNVAWKERVDGWKM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KQEKNVAPMSTAQATSERGVGDIDAST 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DVLVDDSLLNDEARQPLSRKVSVPSSRI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NPYRMVIVLRLIILSIFLHYRITNPVPNA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YALWLISVICEIWFAISWILDQFPKWFPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NRETYLDRLAIRYDREGEPSQLAAVDIF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VSTVDPLKEPPLVTANTVLSILAVDYPV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DKVSCYVSDDGAAMLTFEALSETSEFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RKWVPFCKKYSIEPRAPEWYFALKIDY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LKDKVHPSFVKDRRAMKREYEEFKVRI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NGLVAKAAKIPEEGWIMQDGTPWPGN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NTRDHPGMIQVFLGQSGGLDAEGNELP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RLVYVSREKRPGFQHHKKAGAMNALV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RVSAVLTNGPFLLNLDCDHYINNSKAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 REAMCFLMDPNLGKHVCYVQFPQRFD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GIDRNDRYANRNTVFFDINLRGLDGIQG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PVYVGTGCVFNRTALYGYEPPHKPKQR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KSGFLSSLCGGSRKKSRSSKKGSDKKKS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SKHVDPTVPIFSLEDIEEGVEGAGFDDE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KSLLMSQMSLEKRFGQSAVFVASTLME 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NGGVPQSATPETLLKEAIHVISCGYEDK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SDWGSEIGWIYGSVTEDILTGFKMHAR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GWRSIYCMPKRPAFKGSAPINLSDRLNQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VLRWALGSVEILFSRHCPIWYGYGGRL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KWLERFAYVNTTIYPITAIPLLMYCTLP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AVCLLTNKFIIPQISNVASIWFISLFLSIFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGILEMRWSGVGIDEWWRNEQFWVIG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GVSAHLFAVFQGLLKVLAGIDTNFTVTS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KASDEDGDSAELYMFKWTTLLIPPTTLL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IINLVGVVAGISYAINSGYQSWGPLFGK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LFFAFWVIVH 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 46 
                 eucalyptusSpp_022868 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MDRLSATGLLPDTFGGARDDISMQLSLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 WAQIKAPLLVPLLRLAVFLCLAMSLML 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLERVYMAVVILLVKLFGRKPEKRYRW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EPMKDDVELGNSAYPMVLVQIPMYNE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 REVYQLSIGAACGLSWPSDRIIIQVLDDS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TDPTIKDLVELECQRWASKGINIRYEIR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DNRNGYKAGALKEGMKRSYVKQCDY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VAILDADFQPEPDFLWRTIPFLVHNPEV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALVQARWKFVNADECLMTRMQEMSL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DYHFTVEQEVGSSTHAFFGFNGTAGVW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RISALNEAGGWKDRTTVEDMDLAVRA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLKGWKFVYLGSLKVKNELPSTFKAYR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FQQHRWSCGPANLFRKMAMEIIRNKKV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TLWKKVHVIYSFFLVRKIVAHIVTFIFYC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VVLPATVFVPEVTVPKWGAVYIPSIITV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LNAVGTPRSLHLVVFWILFENVMSFHR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TKATFIGLLEAGRVNEWIVTEKLGDAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KVKASNKVPKKPKFRFGDRLHVLELGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GAYLFFCGCYDIAFGRNHYFMYLFAQA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IAFFIMGFGYIGTFVPNS 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 47 
                 eucalyptusSpp_023490 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MAPSFDWWAKGGHKGTPVVVKMENP 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 NWSMVELESPSEEDFLIGGDSAPSGRVR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DKGRNKNAKQLTWVLLLKAHKAAGCL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TSIAGAAFTLASAVRRRVASGRTDADA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DEAETGESRSGREKENPTVKSRIYACIK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AFLWLSILLLGFEVAAYFKGWHFGALE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LQYLLAAPLGVKGAFNSLYSRWVLIRV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EYLAPPLQFLANVCIVLFLIQSIDRLVLC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LGCFWIKFKKIKPVPKESGAAVDPESGE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NGFFPMVLVQIPMCNEKEVYQQSIAAV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CNLDWPKSSLLIQVLDDSDDPTTQSLIK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EEVQKWQQEGANILYRHRVIRDGYKA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GNLKSAMNCSYVKDYEFVAIFDADFQP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TPDFLKRTVPHFKDNEELGLVQARWSF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VNKDENLLTRLQNVNLSFHFEVEQQVN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GIFINFFGFNGTAGVWRIKALEDAGGW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LERTTVEDMDIAVRAHLRGWKFVFLND 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VECQCELPESYEAYRKQQHRWHSGPM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QLFRLCLLDIIRSKISVWKKFNMIFLFFL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LRKLILPFYSFTLFCIILPMTMFVPEAELP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AWVVCYIPATMSFLNILPAPKSFPFIVPY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LLFENTMSVTKFNAMISGLFQLGSAYE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WVVTKKSGRSSEGDLVALIDKEPKHQR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GVSVPDLEEMKEEIQKQEKLASRKKKH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NRIYVKELSLAFLLLTASARSLLSAQGIH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FYFLLFQGISFLLVGLDLIGEQVE 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 48 
                 eucalyptusSpp_027512 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MESDAENGGKPLKSLGGQVCQICGENV 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 GKTLDGEPFIACDVCAFPVCRPCYEYER 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KDGNQSCPQCKTRYKRHKGSPAILGDH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EEDGDAGDDYHYSSEDQTQKEKIAERM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSWHMTYGRGENVAPANYDGEVSRNH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IPLLTSRQEVSGELSAASPERLSMASPGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GRVHRVRPLSYASDVTQSPNIRVVDPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 REFGSPGIGNVAWKERVDGWKMKQEK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NVGPMSTGQAASERGAGDIDASTDVLV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DDSLLNDEARQPLSRKVSIPSSRINPYR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MVIMLRLVILCIFLHYRITNPVPNAYAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WLISVICEIWFAISWILDQFPKWFPVNRE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TYLDRLALRYDREGEPSQLAAVDIFVST 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VDPLKEPPLVTANTVLSILAVDYPVDKV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SCYVSDDGAAMLTFEALSETAEFARKW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VPFCKKYNIEPRAPEWYFTKKIDYLKD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KIQPSFVKDRRAMKREYEEFKVRINGL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VAKAQKIPEEGWVMQDGTPWPGNNTR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DHPGMIQVFLGQSGGLDAEGNELPRLV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YVSREKRPGFQHHKKAGAMNSLVRVS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AVLTNGPFLLNLDCDHYINNSKALREA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MCFLMDPNLGKHVCYVQFPQRFDGIDK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NDRYANRNTVFFDINLRGLDGIQGPVY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VGTGCVFNRTALYGYEPPLKPKHKKPG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VLSLLCGGSRKKSSKSSKKSSDRKRSGK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HVDTTVPIFSLEDIEEGVEGAGFDDEKS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LLMSQMSLEKRFGQSAVFVASTLMENG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GVPQSATPETLLKEAIHVISCGYEDKSE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WGSEIGWIYGSVTEDILTGFKMHARGW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RSIYCMPKLPAFKGSAPINLSDRLNQVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RWALGSVEILFSRHCPIWYGYGGRLKW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LERFAYVNTTIYPVTAIPLLMYCTLPAV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CLLTNKFIIPQISNIASIWFISLFLSIFATGI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LEMRWSGVGIDEWWRNEQFWVIGGVS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SHLFAVFQGLLKVLAGIDTNFTVTSKAS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DEEGDFTELYTFKWTTLLIPPTTLLIINL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VGVVAGISYAINSGYQSWGPLFGKLFF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AFWVIIHL 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                   Pinus radiata  polysaccharide synthesis peptides 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SEQ ID 
                 Consensus ID 
                 Gene Product 
                 Curated Peptide Sequence 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 49 
                 pinusRadiata_000531 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEASAGLVAGSHNRNEFVVIHGHEEPK 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 PLNTLSGHVCQICGEDVGLNTDGELFV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ACNECGFPVCRPCYEYERREGNQSCPQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CNTRYKRQKGSPRVEGDDDEEDVDDIE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HEFNVETQQRNRQQITEAMLHGRMSY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GRGPDDENSQIAHNPELPPQIPVLANGH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SVVSGEIPTSYYADNQLLANPAMLKRV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HPSSEPGSGRIIMDPNRDIGSYGFGNVS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WKERGDGYKSKENKSGQLDMTEGRYQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YNGGFAPNEPEDYIDPDMPMTDEARQP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSRKVPIPSSKINPYRMVIVIRLIVLGIFL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RYRLLNPVKNAYGLWATSIVCEIWFAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SWILDQFPKWLPISRETYLDRLSLRYER 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EGEPSMLAPVDLFVSTVDPLKEPPLVTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NTVLSILSVDYPVDNVSCYVSDDGASM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LTFESLSETSEFARKWVPFCKKFDIEPRA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PEIYFSQKIDYLKDKFQPTFVKERRAMK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 REYEEFKVRINRLVAKASKVPKEGWTM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QDGTPWPGNNTRDHPGMIQVFLGHSG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GLDTEGNELPRLVYVSREKRPGFQHHK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KAGAMNALVRVSAVLTNAPFMLNLDC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DHYINNSKAIREGMCFMMDPQVGRKV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CYVQFPQRFDGIDRNDRYANRNTVFFDI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NMKGLDGIQGPVYVGTGCMFRRQALY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GYGPPKGPKRPKMVTCDCLPCCGPRKK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SPKKNSSKKSAGIPAPAYNLDGIEEGVE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GYDDERALLMSQLDFEKKFGQSSAFVQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 STLMENGGVPQTANPAELLKEAIHVISC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GYEDKTEWGKELGWIYGSVTEDILTGF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KMHTRGWRSIYCMPKRAAFKGSAPINL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SDRLNQVLRWALGSVEIFMSRHCPIWY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GYGGGLKWLERFAYINTIVYPFTSLPLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AYCTLPAVSLLTGKFVIPQISTFASLFFIA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LFISIFATGILEMRWSGVSIEEWWRNEQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FWVIGGVSAHFFAVIQGLLKVLAGIDTN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FTVTAKASDDGEFGELYAFKWTTLLIPP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTLLVINLVGVVVGVADAINNGFQSWG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PLLGKLFFAFW 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 50 
                 pinusRadiata_002922 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEARTNTAAGSNKRNVRVSVRDDGEL 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 GPKPPQHINSHICQICGEDVGLAADGEF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FVACNECAFPVCRPCYEYEWKDGNQSC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PQCKTRYKWHKGSPQVDGDKEDECAD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DLDHDFNSTQGNRNEKQQIAEAMLHW 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QMAYGRGEDVGPSRSESQELPQLQVPLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TNGQAISGELPAGSSEYRRIAAPPTGGG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SGKRVHPLPFPDSTQTGQVRAEDPAKD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FNSYGFGNVAWKERVESWKNKQDKNT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LQVTSDTYYASEGKDGDIDGCVADEED 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LQMSDEARQPLSRKVPIASSKINPYRMV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IVLRLVILCFFFRYRILNPVRNAYGLWFT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SVICEIWFAISWILDQFPKWLPINRETYL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DRLCLRYDREGEPSQLAAVDIFVSTVDP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MKEPPLVTANTVLSILSVDYPVDKVSC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YVSDDGAAMLTFEALSETSEFARKWVP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FVKKFDIEPRAPEWYFAQKIDYLKDKV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QPSFVKERRAMKREYEEFKVRINALVA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KAQKVPEEGWIMQDGTPWPGNNTRDH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PGMIQVFLGHSGGLDTDGNELPRLVYV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SREKRPGFEHHKKAGAMNSLVRVSAVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TNGPYMLNLDCDHYINNSRALREAMCF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MMDPTLGKKVCYVQFPQRFDGIDRND 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RYANHNTVFFDINLKGLDGIQGPVYVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCVFNRQALYGYEPPHKGKIHFSSCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GPRKKSRKSNKKYNDTKKLDRPTDSTV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PIFSSLEDIEGGVEGFDDEKSPLVFQKSL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EKKFGQSLVFVASTQMENGGVPQSATP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ADLLKEAIHVISCGYEDKSDWGKEIGWI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YGSVTEDILTGFKMHARGWRSIYCMPP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RPAFKGSAPINLSDRLNQVLRWALGSV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EILLSRHCPIWYGYTGRLKWLERLAYIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TTVYPITSIPLLAYCTLPAICLLTGKFIIPE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ISTLASLWFISLFLSIFATGILEMRWSGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GIDEWWRNEQFWVIGGVSAHLFAVIQG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LLKVLAGVDTNFTVTSKASDEGGDFAE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LYIIKWTALLIPPTTLLIINIVGVVAGISY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AISTGYRSW 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 51 
                 pinusRadiata_003920 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MASNGTMNSQVCQVCGDNVGVDANG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 EPFVACHDCGFPVCRPCQQYERDEASQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CCLHCKAPYRRYEGGPADEVEENGDPN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FEKVEATDYEGEGYRVDSFNDSEINNA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ETKDGNSKGVAWKERVESWKSKKNKK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KTAASKTVNPGVEGIPEQTRDPEAEEA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MMAEAGQPLSCIIPIPRTKLQPYRMVVI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MRLIVLGLFFSYRVQNPVESAFGLWMT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SVICEIWFALSWILDQFPKWNPINRETFT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DRLSLRYERPGEPCELAAVDFFVSTVDP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LKEPPLVTANTVLSILAVDYPVEKVSCY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VSDDGAAMLTFETMSETAEFARKWVPF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKNFNIEPRAPEFYFSLKVDYLKDKVQP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NFVKERRAMKREYEEYKVRINALVAK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AQKTPDEGWIMQDGTAWPGNNIRDHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GMIQVFLGHTGAHDVEGNELPRLVYVS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 REKRPGYQHHKKAGAMNALVRVSAVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TNAPYLLNLDCDHYVNNSKAVREAMC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FMMDPEVGRNVCYVQFPQRFDGIDRSD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RYANRNTVFFDINMKGLDGIQGPVYVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGCCFNRQALYGYGPPAAARPKASRGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LPSLCCCCCCCPKSKTIDPKKSAPQEDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NAAIFNLQEMQSYDDYERQLLVSQRSF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EKSFGQSSVFIASTLMDNGGVPESTNPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLIKEAIHVISCGYEEKTEWGKEVGWIY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GSVTEDILTGFKMHCRGWRSIYCMPKR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PAFKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLRWALGSIEIL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FSRHCPLWYGFGAGRLKWLERLAYTN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TIVYPLTSLPLIAYCTLPAICLLTGEFIIPT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSNLASIYFMLLFISIIVTGVLELRWSGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SIEEWWRNEQFWVIGGVSAHFFAVFQG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LLKVLAGIDTNFTVTAKASDDNEFGEL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YAFKWTTLLIPPTTLLVINLVGIVAGFSD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALNNGYQSWGPLFGKLFFSVWVILHLY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PFLKGLMGRQNRTPTIVVLWSILLASIFS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LLWVKIDPFLGPAETPTLQKCMAIDC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 52 
                 pinusRadiata_017730 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEANAGLVAGSHNRNEFVVIRPEGEVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 PKPLHHLSVQICHICNEDVGLTVDGELF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VACNECAFPICRTCYEYERSEGNQVCPQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKTRFKRHKGSARVEGDEDEDDVDDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ENEFNFGDRDKQDMQYIAEAMLHGHM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SYGRGGDTDMPHVVQTTLPQVPLLTNG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HMDPGIPPEHHALVPSYMGGGKRIHPFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YADSNLPVQARSMDPTKDLAAYGYGSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AWKERVENWKMRQEKMQVMRNEGGP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LGGGKDWDPDGNGPDGPDLPLMDEAR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QPLSRKLPIPSSRINPYRMVIILRLVVIGF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FFHYRVMHPVNDAFGIWLTSVICEIWFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FSWILDQFPKWLPIDRETYLDRLSLRYE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEGQPSGLAPVDIFVSTVDPLKEPPLVT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ANTVLSILAVDYPVDKVSCYVSDDGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MLTFEALSETSEFARKWVPFCKKFNIEP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RAPEWYFQQKIDYLKDKVQPSFVKDRR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AMKREYEEFKVRMNALVAKAQKVPEE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GWTMQDGTPWPGNNVRDHPGMIQVFL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GHTGGHDTDGNELPRLVYVSREKRPGF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NHHKKAGAMNSLVRVSAVLTNAPYML 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NLDCDHYINNSKAIRESMCFMMDPTVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKVCYVQFPQRFDGIDRHDRYANRNV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VFFDINMKGLDGIQGPIYVGTGCVFRRQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALYGFDAPKAEKEPTRTCNCWPKWCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKSRKKNKKVKAKQEKKKKKSKRSDA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLPIFNSEDIEAVEGVDSEKLAFISQIKLE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKFGQSPVFVASTLLENGGVPQNASPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLLKEAIHVISCGYEDKTDWGKEVGWI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YGSVTEDILTGFKMHCHGWRSIYCIPPR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PAFKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLRWALGSVEI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLSRHCPVWYGYGGGLKWLERLSYINA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TVYPWTSIPLVAYCTLPAICLLTGKFIIPE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSNIASLWFLALFICIFTTGILEMRWSGV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PIDDWWRNEQFWVIGGVSAHLFAVFQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GLLKVLAGVDTNFTVTSKAGDDDDFSE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LYAFKWTTLLIPPTTLLIVNLIGVVAGVS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NAINNGYESWGPLF 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 53 
                 pinusRadiata_027109 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEANAGLVAGSHNRNEFVVIRPEGEVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GDP forming 
                 PKPLHHLSVQICHICNEDVGLTVDGELF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VACNECAFPICRTCYEYERSEGNQVCPQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKTRFKRHKGSARVEGDEDEDDVDDL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ENEFNFGDRDKQDMQYIAEAMLHGHM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SYGRGGDTDMPHVVQTTLPQVPLLTNG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 HMDPGIPPEHHALVPSYMGGGKRIHPFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YADSNLPVQARSMDPTKDLAAYGYGSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AWKERVENWKMRQEKMQVMRNEGGP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LGGGKDWDPDGNGPDGPDLPLMDEAR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QPLSRKLPIPSSRINPYRMVIILRLVVIGF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FFHYRVMHPVNDAFGIWLTSVICEIWFA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FSWILDQFPKWLPIDRETYLDRLSLRYE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KEGQPSGLAPVDIFVSTVDPLKEPPLVT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ANTVLSILAVDYPVDKVSCYVSDDGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MLTFEALSETSEFARKWVPFCKKFNIEP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RAPEWYFQQKIDYLKDKVQPSFVKDRR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AMKREYEEFKVRMNALVAKAQKVPEE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GWTMQDGTPWPGNNVRDHPGMIQVFL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GHTGGHDTDGNELPRLVYVSREKRPGF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NHHKKAGAMNSLVRVSAVLTNAPYML 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NLDCDHYINNSKAIRESMCFMMDPTVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKVCYVQFPQRFDGIDRHDRYANRNV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VFFDINMKGLDGIQGPIYVGTGCVFRRQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALYGFDAPKAEKEPTRTCNCWPKWCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 CKSRKKNKKVKAKQEKKKKKSKRSDA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLPIFNSEDIEAVEGVDSEKLAFISQIKLE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KKFGQSPVFVASTLLENGGVPQNASPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLLKEAIHVISCGYEDKTDWGKEVGWI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YGSVTEDILTGFKMHCHGWRSIYCIPPR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PAFKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLRWALGSVEI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLSRHCPVWYGYGGGLKWLERLSYINA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TVYPWTSIPLVAYCTLPAICLLTGKFIIPE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VLPLTFMPYINIVSELACEGLSHFDILF 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 54 
                 pinusRadiata_000892 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MAPNFGVGQWWSKQSHKGTSVVVKM 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 ENPNYSMLELESPANGFQVDKGGRGKN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AKQLTWVLLLKAHKAAGCLAWLANG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VWALFASVRRRFTAPSDESGKSSEKSKL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YRVIRCFLIASIFLLGFELLAYWKGWHF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SRPNLHIPPSLSINGLLQSIYSGWLYTRA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NYLAPPLQYLANVCIILFLIQSADRALLC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VGCFWIKLKKIKPVPKCELGDAADLEQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GDNAAYPMVLVQMPMCNEREVYQQSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AAVCNLDWPKDHMLVQVLDDSDDVE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VQFLIAAEVQKWQQKGVHIVYRHRVV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RTGYKAGNLKSAMNCDYVKDYEFVAI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FDADFRPDPDFLKRTVPHFKDNDELAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VQARWSFVNRDENLLTRLQNINLSFHF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EVEQQVNSVFVNFFGFNGTAGVWRIKA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LEESGGWLERTTVEDMDIAVRAHLNG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WKFIFLDDVKCLCELPESYEAYRKQQH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RWHSGPMQLFRLCLPDIIRSKIAFWKKA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NLIFLFFLLRKLILPFYSFTLFCIILPMTM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FLPEAELPAWVVCYVPAIMSLLNILPAP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RSFPFIIPYLLFENTMSVTKFNAMISGLF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QLGSAYEWVVTKKSGRASETDLLALVE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RESHVQLEHPKHHRGVSESGLDALSKL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DEQKHQQPPKKKLNRIYKKELALAFLL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LTASARSLMSAQGIHFYFLLFQGISFLV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VGLDLIGEQTS 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 55 
                 pinusRadiata_008513 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEPNDFPLYTTLEKKSLLYRAYSCTHFS 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 AIIGLICYRLLYIPSEDSWPWILIFVAELG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FSYSWILDQALRWWPVERTVFPNRLSK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RFQSKLPPVDIFICTADPFKEPPLTVINTV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSALAVDYPMGKLSCYVSDDGGSPLTF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YALLEASRFAKIWIPFCDKYSIQDRCPE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VYFSNPSALENVNLPFMKDWKHVNKM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YSELKDRINNVMEMGSVPPDKQNEHQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GFKDWASGSSRRDHPSIVQILLEKGEDR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DIDGNDLPDLIYVSREKRPGIPHHYKAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALNVLLRVSGVMSNAPFILTLDCDMYT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NNPEALRQAMCFFLDPKTGDQFGFVQF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PQVFHGITKNDIYGNNLRIFIEIDFKGQD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GIDGPFYVGTGCIHRREALCRTERRQSS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SNYHKVASTIVCAEETVAKDKACPSKM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LKNARELANCTYEDNTLWGKEFGMIY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GCAVEDILSGFVIQCKGWRSIYCNPRRS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AFLGCAPNNLIDTLTQHKRWAVGHLQL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FVSKFCPYIYGIHRMQIAQRMCYSYCPL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WSLSSMHKLCYGLIPGLCMLRGISLFPK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LSSSCFFLFAFLAISAYGYSLFEYIWNVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SLNRWCNEQRMWMIKGVSAYLFALIEF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AGKMIGVSEVGFEVTNKVVDSEAAKR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YETEIFEFGVASPLFVRPATLVVINLISV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VGGLARILREGYSAFECITLQLILCSFIVI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGYPILEAMFLSKAKGRIPTSITIFFTLDA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VSVWSVASMAIPSR 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 56 
                 pinusRadiata_013907 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MATNFEFQEWWNKEKETHRGTSVVVK 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 MENPNWSMVELQSPDDDFQHSDKQGR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GKNARQLTWVWLLKAHRAAGCVAWL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AQGLWSLLSAVKRRVTLNKNQNRVTE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EDKPGKSKLYRVIRGFLLFAILMLGFEIA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AYMKGWHFSRPPFDFSPSLDLQGVLHSI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YSEWVFVRATYLAPPLQTLANICIVLFLI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QSADRLVLAMGCLWIHIKKIKPVPQFEF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PSSAADLEKGASADYPMVLVQIPMCNE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MEVYQQSIAAVCNLDWPKERMLVQVL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DDSDDVDVQLLIKSEVQKWQQKDINIV 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YKHRVVRTGYKAGNLKSAMACDYVK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DYEFVAIFDADFQPSPDFLKKTVPHFKG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NEDLALVQARWAFVNKDENLLTRLQNI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NLAFHFEVEQQVNGVFINFFGFNGTAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VWRIKALEESGGWLERTTVEDMDIAVR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AHLNGWKFIYLNDVQCLCELPESYEAY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RKQQHRWHSGPMQLFRLCLPDIIRSKEI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GFSKKANLIFLFFLLRKLILPFYSFTLFCII 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LPMTMFLPEAQLPSWVICYVPVIMSFFN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ILPAPRSFPFIVPYLLFENTMSVTKFNAM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ISGLFQLGSAYEWVVTKKLGRSSEADL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VAFMEKESHPQLEHPRHHRGVSESGLD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VLNKLTEQQQKQPFKKKANRLYRKEL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ALAFLLLTASARSLLSAQGIHFYFLLFQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GISFLLVGLDLIGEQVS 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 57 
                 pinusRadiata_026937 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MEPNGFPLYTTLEKKSFVYRAYACAHF 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 SAIIGLLYYRIVYIPSEDYWPWIMIFVAE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LGFAYGWILEQAFRWRPVERKVFPERL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SKRFKSDLPPVDIFICTADPIKEPPLAVIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TVLSALAVDYPVEKLSCYVSDDGVSSL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TFYALFEASRFAKIWLPFCYNYSIQDRS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 PEAYFSARSGQEKENMSFTRECKSVKK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AYLEMKDRINNAVEMGSVPDDKQKEH 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TGFKDWILGSTRRDHPSIVQILLENGED 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 KDIQGNDLPSLIYVSREKRPGIPHHYKA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 GALNALIRISGLMSNAPFIITLDCDMCTN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NCEALRQAMCFFLDPQTGHQFAYVQFP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 QGFHGITRNDLYANDHLRISYWQFKGM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DGLEGPLYAGTGCIHRRDALCGKEGRL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ASSTSKAQTSPSKMLKDARHLANCACE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ENTLWGKEVGMIYGCAEEDALTGFVIQ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 SRGWKSIYCTPRRKAFLGGAPVNMNDT 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LIQIKRWSAGYLEFFLSKFCPYVYGIQR 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 TSTVQCMCYGVCCLWAPSSLYILCYGL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LPALAMLNGLSLFPKASNPWFILFVSLA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ASTYGYSLIEFMCIGGSFKSWWNEQRM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WLIKGVSSYLFALIQVVCKMLGLSEVG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 FEVTSKVVDSEAAKRHEEEMLEFGVAS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 AMFVPPASLAITNLISLVGGLARIMREG 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 YQTFDSMIWQLLLCSFIVLISYPILEAMF 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LRKDKGRIPTSITIVSIFVAVSACSVASIL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IPTW 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 58 
                 pinusRadiata_027496 
                 Cellulose synthase 
                 MDRLSYSSANILPQTFQGTRDDIVEQIA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like 
                 LLWQQIRAPLVAPLLNICIYFCLLMSVM 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LFIERVYMAVVIVLIKVFGKKPEKRYK 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 WGAIKEDVELGNSVYPMVLVQIPMYNE 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 REVYQLSIGAACALSWPSNRVIIQVLDD 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 STDLTIKDLVEMECQKWASKGINIKYEI 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 RGNRNGYKAGALKEGMKHSYVRECDY 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 VVIFDADFQPDRDFLSRTIPFLVHNPELA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 LVQARWKFA 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 5 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Oligonucleotide sequences 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Consensus ID 
                   
                   
               
               
                 SEQ ID 
                 Target 
                 Oligonucleotide Sequence 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 59 
                 eucalyptusSpp_003922 
                 AGGCGGTTTGAAATGGTTAGAGCGATTATCTTACATAA 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ACGCCACAGTATACCCCTGGAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 60 
                 eucalyptusSpp_004683 
                 GTGAGAGAGAGCCCCACTCTCAAGGCCAGGTTCTATAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 TTGCACAAAAGTGTTCCTTTGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 61 
                 eucalyptusSpp_005009 
                 TCATGCTTTTCATGGAGAGGGTCTACATGGGCATCGTCA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 TCGTCCTCGTCAAGCTCTTCT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 62 
                 eucalyptusSpp_008124 
                 ACACAGTTCTGTCAATATTGGCTATGGACTATCCAGTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATAAGATTTCCTGCTACGTTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 63 
                 eucalyptusSpp_008896 
                 CGTCCGTCTTCATCGATAAGTAATTGTCTTATTTTGCTC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AGCTGTTGGATTCGTGATCAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 64 
                 eucalyptusSpp_012804 
                 GAGAGTCCTTGTACAGCGAACCCATGCAAGAAGGTACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ACAGCTAATCTCATGGATTTGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 65 
                 eucalyptusSpp_016249 
                 GATGGGATTGATCGTCACGATCGATACTCTAACAGGAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 TGTCGTATTCTTCGATATCAAC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 66 
                 eucalyptusSpp_016939 
                 TTTTGATGTCCCTACGGTGACAATGGTACATGCTCGTTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CTTGGTGTAGTTATTCTTGTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 67 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017058 
                 CAAGTCAACGACTTGTTATGTATACGGAACCATAGACG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CGATTATGACACAAATCGGCAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 eucalyptusSpp_017442 
                 no oligo 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 68 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017462 
                 AAAAAGACCATTCCTTATTTTAAGGGAAACGATGATCT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AGCATTGGTCCAGACGAGATGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 69 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017488 
                 AATCCCTCTTCTAACCAATGGGCAGCCGATGTCTGGTGA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AATCCCTTGTGCTAGTATTGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 70 
                 eucalyptusSpp_017722 
                 TCCGAAGTGGTTTCCAGTAAATCGTGAAACGTATCTCG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ACAGACTAGCCATTAGGTATGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 71 
                 eucalyptusSpp_022868 
                 AAAATAAACACGTTTGAGTGAAATTTGTTTGTTGTGAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GAGCATTTGTATATTTGTGCCC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 72 
                 eucalyptusSpp_023490 
                 GTTCGGTTCCAGGTAATTCATGAGTATAATTTAGTCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 TAGGGTTGTAGGACCCTTGTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 73 
                 eucalyptusSpp_027512 
                 ATTCCGATTGCCTCTTTAGCACGTGCGAAGGTGCATGTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AGCCTCTACATATGCACCGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 74 
                 pinusRadiata_000531 
                 TTTATATCCGTGGAATGTAATTCATTAACGCGTGCCCAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AATTAGGCAGCTTTTACGAGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 75 
                 pinusRadiata_002922 
                 TCAAACATCCATTTGCTGGTCAACCATGTCTATTCCAAA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATTAATTTGCCATTCGGAAAG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 76 
                 pinusRadiata_003920 
                 GAATTTGATGTTTTTAACGGCTGTGATTGCCTATATTTT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GTTTCATTCTGTACTACGGAT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 77 
                 pinusRadiata_017730 
                 TCTGTATCTCAGATGTTGTCTAGCTTTAATGTATTCAGC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AAGCGGTGTGAGATAAAGTTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 78 
                 pinusRadiata_027109 
                 TATTCCAGAGGTACTACCCTTGACATTCATGCCCTATAT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 TAACATTGTATCTGAGTTGGC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 79 
                 pinusRadiata_000892 
                 TGATGATGTCACATAATCCACAGGAATGATCCGTCAAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AATTCAGATACTTTGCAATTGA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 80 
                 pinusRadiata_008513 
                 GAACAAGGTTCCGTTGTAAACTCATGGTCCCTGATTAG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AAGTTTGTTTATGTGATAGTTT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 81 
                 pinusRadiata_013907 
                 TTGCCCTTGTAATGTTCTTTGACACTAACTGGAGACCTG 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATTTTAGGCCAAGATTCAAGT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 82 
                 pinusRadiata_026937 
                 AAATTGCCAAAGTCGCGACATATATAGATAGTACAACT 
               
               
                   
                   
                 GTTCTAATTTACCGCGTTTTTC 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 83 
                 pinusRadiata_027496 
                 GGGGTTTTAATATGATTTCCACGAAACCAAGTGGTCTA 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AGTGGTATAAGGACAAGTCAAT