Stress responses in alfalfa XXI. Activation of caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase and caffeoyl coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase genes does Not contribute to changes in metabolite accumulation in elicitor-treated cell-suspension cultures

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 717-726

  Ni, Weiting ^a,b   Sewalt, Vincent J H ^a   Korth, Kenneth L ^a   Blount, Jack W ^a   Ballance, G Murray ^a,c   Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0030459347     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.2.717     Document Type: Article

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