Metabolization of the artificial secondary metabolite 4-hydroxybenzoate in ubiC-transformed tobacco

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 844-850

  Li, Shu Ming ^a   Wang, Zhao Xin ^a   Wemakor, Emmanuel ^a   Heide, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxybenzoate; Cell wall; Glucosyltransferase; Nicotiana tabacum; Transgenic plants; UbiC gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030745979     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029243     Document Type: Article

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