Overexpression of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in transgenic tobacco plants reveals control points for flux into phenylpropanoid biosynthesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1617-1624

  Howles, Paul A ^a   Sewalt, Vincent J H ^a   Paiva, Nancy L ^a   Elkind, Yonatan ^c   Bate, Nicholas J ^b,d   Lamb, Chris ^b   Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TABACUM;

EID: 0030468571     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.4.1617     Document Type: Article

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