Extraction and partial purification of cell-wall-associated coniferyl alcohol oxidase from developing xylem of sitka spruce

Holzforschung

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-553

  McDougall, Gordon J ^a   Morrison, Ian M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Coniferyl alcohol; Lignification; Oxidase; Picea sitchensis; Pinaceae; Sitka spruce; Xylem

Indexed keywords

PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINACEAE;

EID: 0000800250     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hfsg.1996.50.6.549     Document Type: Article

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