Molecular cloning and tissue-specific expression of two genes that encode caffeic acid O-methyltransferases from Populus kitakamiensis

Plant Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Hayakawa, Toshio ^a   Nanto, Kazuya ^a   Kawai, Shinya ^a   Katayama, Yoshihiro ^a   Morohoshi, Noriyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lignin biosynthesis; O Methyltransferase; Populus kitakamiensis; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

POPULUS KITAKAMIENSIS;

EID: 0030023861     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(95)04276-8     Document Type: Article

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