Alterations in the biosynthesis of lignin in transgenic plants with chimeric genes for 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 957-965

  Kajita, Shinya ^a   Katayama, Yoshihiro ^b   Omori, Shunji ^a  

^a University of Tokyo   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 Coumarate:CoA ligase; Genetic manipulation; Lignin biosynthesis; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030267242     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029045     Document Type: Article

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