Cinnamoyl CoA reductase, the first committed enzyme of the lignin branch biosynthetic pathway: Cloning, expression and phylogenetic relationships

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 429-441

  Lacombe, Eric ^a   Hawkins, Simon ^a,b   Van Doorsselaere, Jan ^a,c   Piquemal, Joël ^a   Goffner, Deborah ^a   Poeydomenge, Odile ^a   Boudet, Alain M ^a   Grima Pettenati, Jacqueline ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Laboratorium voor Genetica Department of Genetics Universitiet Gent   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICOTYLEDONEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GUNNII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031105944     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11030429.x     Document Type: Article

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