Lignin genetic engineering

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-39

  Boudet, Alain M ^a   Grima Pettenati, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense strategy; Cell wall; Genetic transformation; Lignins; Mutants; Pulp industry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PULP; WOOD;

% REDUCTIONS; ANTISENSE; ANTISENSE STRATEGY; CELL WALLS; GENES EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MUTANT; PLANT BIOMASS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS;

LIGNIN;

EID: 0030019580     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00171349     Document Type: Article

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