Suppression of O-methyltransferase gene by homologous sense transgene in quaking aspen causes red-brown wood phenotypes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-112

  Tsai, Chung Jui ^a   Popko, Jacqueline L ^a   Mielke, Melissa R ^a,b   Hu, Wen Jing ^a,c   Podila, Gopi K ^a   Chiang, Vincent L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0000433683     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.1.101     Document Type: Article

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