Molecular cloning of 4-coumarate:coenzyme a ligase in loblolly pine and the roles of this enzyme in the biosynthesis of lignin in compression wood

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-74

  Zhang, Xing Hai ^a,b   Chiang, Vincent L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0031040101     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.1.65     Document Type: Article

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